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Social Network Analysis for Investigating Large Scientific Research Project
Kun Nie (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan), Euler G.M. de Souza (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan), and Tunç D. Medeni (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Copyright: © 2008
|Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch193
Abstract
Resulting from the development of science and technology, scientific research dedicating to solve economic, social, environmental, and other related complex problems needs team work of research groups with different academic backgrounds. Motivated by this requirement, some established organizations and sponsored projects with the purpose of promoting multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary research have been increasing, the organizations such as SFI (The Santa Fe Institute), IIASA (The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), SIS (Society for Interdisciplinary Studies), AIS (The Association for Integrative Studies), ISIS (Institute for Science and Interdisciplinary Studies), and so forth. Some of these attempts achieved the desirable goals, while the majority did not.