Modeling of Social Systems - 18h, 3ECTS

Why is mathematical modeling of social systems so difficult? To avoid trivial answers, I first analyze natural scientists ‘in action’, to explain the reliability of natural sciences models. I then analyze several examples of quantification of social systems: economic models of the labor market, epidemiological simulations, prediction of tweets success using big data… From this, I’ll draw some general lessons about the usefulness (for what? for whom?) of social modeling. 

 

 

 

Amphi F de l’ENS de Lyon, mardi/jeudi du 17/11 au 15/12, horaires précis sur demande