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System Modeling and Possible Applications for the Social Sciences
Author(s) -
Koehler Andrew,
Pelmulder Susan,
Stone Adam
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1997.tb02157.x
Subject(s) - plutonium , social system , systems engineering , management science , disposition , systems modeling , computer science , engineering management , engineering , chemistry , psychology , social psychology , artificial intelligence , radiochemistry
System Engineering tools have been used extensively to model the technical characteristics of large systems or processes. However, little use of these tools has been made in the social sciences, and the modeling of the social factors that contribute to design choices—in the case of systems that involve political processes—remains relatively crude. This paper discusses the efforts of the Center for Nuclear and Toxic Waste Management, University of California, Berkeley to employ system design tools as part of social science research into US surplus plutonium disposition options.