Modelling social bonds dynamics in groups: an approach to optimise interdisciplinary science projects and to analyse long-term social evolution

International Journal of Nanotechnology. 2021. Vol. 18. No. 9/10. P. 915–925.

Andreyuk D. S., A. A. Shuranova

The paper suggests a means of modelling social relationships basedon the analysis of social bonds dynamics and mechanisms of social groupsformation. A group is the cornerstone of this approach, being defined in termsof social bonds density among individuals constituting it. A number ofconditions for the formation of social bonds are set, taking into account innateindividual parameters, such as aggression, sociality, and cognitive abilities,along with those acquired during the lifetime – cultural, religious, linguistic,national, etc. Confrontational and cooperative patterns of individual andgroup behaviour are also considered. Applied within short time frames,the suggested approach and models on its basis can serve for predictingconflicts in interdisciplinary and international science projects, including largetechnological projects with the use of nanotechnologies. Observed over longertime periods, social groups can become an object for research of socialrelationships evolution in general, including becoming a basis for modellinghuman civilisations evolution.

Keywords: social conflicts, modelling, social groups, social evolution, social bonds dynamics