Publication Details

Capturing Culture and Effects Variables Using Structured Argumentation

by Murray, K. and Lowrance, J. and Sharpe, K. and Williams, D. and Gremban, K. and Holloman, K. and Speed, C.

in Advances in Cross-Cultural Decision Making pp. 363-373,

Abstract

The Socio-Cultural Analysis Tool (S-CAT) is being developed to help decision makers better understand the plausible effects of actions taken in situations where the impact of culture is both significant and subtle. We describe the intended use of S-CAT on an illustrative use case, and discuss our use of structured argumentation as a representation technique to capture both culture variables and effects variables. Benefits of this approach include capturing multiple cultural theories and aggregating the forecasts of effects from multiple sources.

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Associated Projects

PRIME: A Predictive Model Development Environment The goal was to develop PRIME, an effects-based modelling tool, as a web application. PRIME supports rapid, collaborative development of forecasts of the effects of a planned set of DIME (diplomatic, informational, military, or economic) actions.

AIC Personnel

	Name	Title	E-mail
	Lowrance, John D	Program Director
	Murray, Kenneth S	Senior Computer Scientist