1995 Volume 4 Issue 2 Pages 85-98
In this paper, we will discuss a theory of social information systems and its basic models. In order to develop the theory, we will propose its basic models under a concept of autogenesis in complex systems, and also present problems of the theory to be dealt with.
Of the basic models, first, a mutual learning approach will be proposed. The approach is based on an autopoietic cycle model observed in organization. Using the model, we will characterize an organizational learning in terms of a property of emergency. The approach may illustrate the process of emergency, in that a creation and a collapse of autopoietic cycles are described in terms of a fluctuation in a vector of behavior and in a matrix of connection information. We will employ the approach to develop a virtual platform of organization and society.
Secondly, we will advocate a concept of Artifical Society. The concept sustains autogenesis and emergence of virtual society on computer display. In this research, a social stratification model will be proposed as one of the typical realization of the Artificial Society. The social stratification model will describe a process of a stratification and collapse of a society from distribution of social entities. On simulation of the model, we observe that the information scope of social entity and the internalization of its environment play important roles through the process. So, we may develop a new method of description and analysis of society as complex system.
In conclusion, our model would contribute to develop a theory of social information systems.
