Package org.episteme.social.sociology

package org.episteme.social.sociology

- social structures, persons, and cultural modeling.

Related Packages

Package	Description
org.episteme.social.sociology.health
org.episteme.social.sociology.loaders	Core functionality for the org.episteme.social.sociology.loaders package in the Episteme library.
org.episteme.social.sociology.survey	Core functionality for the org.episteme.social.sociology.survey package in the Episteme library.

Class	Description
AdoptionStatus	Extensible enumeration for adopter categories in innovation diffusion models.
AxelrodModel	Implementation of Axelrod's Model of Cultural Dissemination.
Celebration	Represents a cultural or religious celebration (feast, rite of passage, festival).
CelebrationKind	Categories of cultural or religious celebrations.
Census	Represents a systematic collection of demographic data for a population of individuals.
CrowdDensitySimulator	Utility class for simulating crowd dynamics and estimating flow rates in evacuation scenarios.
CulturalDiffusionModel	Models the diffusion of culture, innovations, or rumors through a population.
Culture	Represents the cumulative shared elements of a social SociologicalGroup or civilization.
DemographicData	Data model for demographic population structures.
DemographicData.AgeGroup	Represents a single age-cohort segment within a demographic structure.
Demography	Provides mathematical models for age-structured populations and demographic transitions.
Demography.PopulationPyramid	Data structure representing the age and gender distribution of a population.
EducationLevel	Represents an extensible set of education levels, facilitating support for various national systems.
Gender	Extensible gender categories for social and psychological modeling.
GroupKind	An extensible enumeration for social SociologicalGroup classifications.
Human	Represents a human individual.
MasterOfCeremony	A specialized role for the person leading, organizing, or officiating a celebration or event. * @version 1.1
Member	Represents an individual participant in a social ritual or celebration.
MemeticEvolution	Models the evolution and propagation of cultural traits (memes) within and between cultures.
Occupation	Represents an extensible set of occupation types for individuals.
OpinionDynamics	Simulates opinion dynamics in social networks using various theoretical models.
OpinionDynamics.Agent	Represents a single agent in the network with a specific opinion and stubbornness.
OpinionDynamics.SimulationState	Captures the state of the simulation at a specific step.
OpinionPoll	A simulated Opinion Poll "device" for gauging public sentiment.
OrganizationSector	Categorical classification of organizational sectors.
Person	Represents a human individual as a social agent.
PersonFactory	Factory for creating Person instances with auto-generated unique identifiers.
Religion	Represents a religion, faith tradition, or spiritual system.
ReligionType	Categories of religious systems based on theological structure.
Ritual	Represents a formalized traditional behavior or sequence of actions (e.g., handshaking, bowing).
Role	Represents a social role assumed by an individual within a specific situation.
RoleKind	Categorical classification of social roles.
Roles	A utility class defining common archetypal social roles across various contexts.
School
SchoolLevel	Extensible enumeration for school levels (tiers).
SchoolType	Extensible enumeration for school types.
Scientist	Represents a scientist or researcher, tracking their career, field of study, and achievements. * @version 1.1
SegregationModel	An implementation of Thomas Schelling's model of spatial segregation. demonstrating how individual preferences for similar neighbors (homophily) can lead to macro-level segregation, even with mild preferences.
SegregationModel.AgentType	Types of agents or occupancy status in the grid.
SegregationModel.GridState	Represents a snapshot of the grid at a specific simulation step.
Situation	Represents a social interaction context where individuals assume specific roles.
Situations	Standard social situations and activities.
SocialCapitalModel	Utility class for modeling social capital and analyzing network properties.
SocialMobilityMatrix	Models social mobility between classes using Markov chain transition matrices.
SocialMobilityMatrix.MobilityClass	Represents a socioeconomic class.
SocialNetwork	Represents a social network graph where persons are nodes and relationships are edges.
SocialNetworkAnalysis	Provides primitive algorithms and metrics for Social Network Analysis (SNA).
Society	Represents a society, defined by its type, culture, institutions, and geographic location.
SocietySimulation	A high-level simulator for sociological processes within a society.
SocietySimulation.Config	Configuration parameters for the simulation.
SocietyType	Categories of societal development stages.
SociologicalFamily	Represents a SociologicalFamily unit within the social structure.
SociologicalGroup	Represents a formal or informal social SociologicalGroup of individuals.
SurveyAnalyzer	Utility class for analyzing social survey data, providing statistical methods such as weighted averages to account for demographic sampling bias.
VotingBehaviorModel	Models individual and collective voting behavior based on political science theories.