Social Entropy Theory: An overview

Bailey, Kenneth D.

doi:10.1007/bf01063441

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“…Thus, the analysis of livability can utilize groups of individuals as the basic unit of analysis, and the spatial expression of this unit of analysis can be the urban neighborhood. Considering a systems perspective, livability could be studied by applying the social entropy theory [36]. Social entropy is minimal when the correlations of the population's variables are maximal.…”

Section: Livability Life-ability and The Construction Of 'Quality Omentioning

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A Conceptual Urban Quality Space-Place Framework: Linking Geo-Information and Quality of Life

Cabrera-Barona

Merschdorf

2018

Urban Science

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Space and place are key concepts for understanding the functionality of social and environmental interactions. Cities are complex social-ecological systems where space-place interactions can be interpreted by means of quality of life. Firstly, we present several quality-of-life concepts that can be linked to space and place concepts. Secondly, we develop an analysis about space and place interactions, and how the social aspects, such as the sense of place, and physical aspects, such as urban spaces, are associated with quality of life and inclusive places. Thirdly, we state how the quality of life definitions of livability and life-ability are linked to the space and place concepts, and how this link can support the understanding of quality of life in cities, considering spatial thinking. Fourthly, we expand geo-information theories to a space-place approach of urban quality of life. Finally, we discuss how the developed conceptual framework can be applied to interpret the smart city. This paper contributes to the construction of new epistemologies that could support a more holistic understanding of the cities and a more social and humanistic use of geo-information and technology.

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A Conceptual Urban Quality Space-Place Framework: Linking Geo-Information and Quality of Life

Cabrera-Barona

Merschdorf

2018

Urban Science

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“…Our attempt to devise an informationcentric theory for socio-technical systems enables a macroscopic view of the emergent output of complex social action by studying the change of network and information theoretic properties, which suggests a link to social entropy theory (Bailey, 1990(Bailey, , 2006. This differentiates Transcendental Information Cascades from the system-centric perspectives commonly referred to in Social Computing and Computer-supported Cooperative Work (Grudin, 1994;Parameswaran and Whinston, 2007).…”

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What an entangled Web we weave: An information-centric approach to time-evolving socio-technical systems

Luczak-Rösch

O’Hara

Dinneen

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A new layer of complexity, constituted of networks of information token recurrence, has been identified in socio-technical systems such as the Wikipedia online community and the Zooniverse citizen science platform. The identification of this complexity reveals that our current understanding of the actual structure of those systems, and consequently the structure of the entire World Wide Web, is incomplete. Here we establish the principled foundations and practical advantages of analyzing information diffusion within and across Web systems with Transcendental Information Cascades, and outline resulting directions for future study in the area of socio-technical systems. We also suggest that Transcendental Information Cascades may be applicable to any kind of time-evolving system that can be observed using digital technologies, and that the structures found in such systems consist of properties common to all naturally occurring complex systems.Keywords information · philosophy · temporal data mining · socio-technical systems · information theory · information systems · social network analysis · complexity science · network science

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“…Tal aspecto explora a la entropía como característica del desorden de la energía, así como la constante evolutiva en un sistema y su irreversibilidad al estado anterior (Balian, 2003;Bloch, 1984) . Sobre la entropía discutida desde la perspectiva de las ciencias sociales se puede encontrar la Teoría de la Entropía Social (Bailey, 1990) , que desvirtúa el equilibrio de estos sistemas considerándolos en continuo cambio y transformación.…”

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Epistemología y pragmatismo en el análisis de los sistemas complejos

Castro-Díaz

2017

Rev. latinoam. metodol. cienc. soc.

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Sistemas complejos ComplejidadSistemas socioterritoriales Causalidad Ciencias sociales y humanas RESUMENEste artículo presenta una reflexión profunda sobre los aportes y debate actual de la complejidad en la actuación investigativa de las ciencias sociales y humanas. Se centra especialmente en el análisis de sistemas complejos y su proceso de abstracción, construcción y estudio en el campo espacial y socioterritorial. El texto se plantea en dos partes principales contextualizando el pensamiento complejo como base fundamental para el análisis de sistemas y luego se diserta sobre aspectos como la causalidad, estructura, evolución y dimensión. Finalmente se constituye en un diálogo práctico para su ejecución en el abordaje del territorio. KEYWORDS ABSTRACTThis article includes a deep reflection about the contributions and current debate on the complexity in the research action of the social sciences and humanities. It is specially focused in the analysis of complex social systems and the process of abstraction, construction and understanding of the social-territorial and spatial field of study. The text is oriented in two main parts by contextualizing the complex thinking as fundamental base for analyzing the systems and then, it discourses on features like causality, structure, evolution and dimension. Finally, it configures a practical dialogue for its application in the understanding of the territory.

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Social Entropy Theory: An overview

Cited by 47 publications

References 9 publications

A Conceptual Urban Quality Space-Place Framework: Linking Geo-Information and Quality of Life

A Conceptual Urban Quality Space-Place Framework: Linking Geo-Information and Quality of Life

What an entangled Web we weave: An information-centric approach to time-evolving socio-technical systems

Epistemología y pragmatismo en el análisis de los sistemas complejos

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Social Entropy Theory: An overview

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A Conceptual Urban Quality Space-Place Framework: Linking Geo-Information and Quality of Life

A Conceptual Urban Quality Space-Place Framework: Linking Geo-Information and Quality of Life

What an entangled Web we weave: An information-centric approach to time-evolving socio-technical systems

Epistemologí­a y pragmatismo en el análisis de los sistemas complejos

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