Sociocultural Modeling Survey
Wikipedia defines sociocultural evolution as an umbrella term for theories of cultural evolution and social evolution, describing how cultures and societies have developed over time. Such theories typically provide models for understanding the relationship between technologies, social structure, the values of a society, and how and why they change with time. Such models are of particular interest to the military in helping unstable regions transition to more stable states. The following questionnaire is designed to help us garner understanding of how your organization could benefit from socio-cultural research.
What is the name of your organization?
Please indicate the type of organization you represent:
government research lab (i.e., AFRL, ARL, NRL, etc.)
service branch (Army, Navy, Air Force, OSD)
Defense contractor with more than 500 employees
Defense contractor with more than 250 employees, less than 500
Defense contractor with less than 250 employees
Is your organization part of the intelligence community?
Yes
No
How much funding does your organization anticipate spending on socio-cultural modeling in 2008?
Less than $1M
Between $1M and $5M
Between $5M and $10M
Greater than $10M
How much funding does your organization anticipate spending on socio-cultural modeling in 2009?
Less than $1M
Between $1M and $5M
Between $5M and $10M
Greater then $10M
How will your organization solicit research in this area? Please mark all that apply.
internal research and development
solicitation through an SBIR
solicitation through a BAA
plus-up funding through existing program
Concerning the target user for your socio-cultural modeling investment, what levels of education do you expect to be using the toolsets? Please mark all that apply.
High school education
Bachelor degrees in social science
Bachelor degrees in computer science or related field
Advanced degrees in social science
Advanced degrees in computer science or related field
other
My user base expects to use a socio-cultural toolset at the policy/campaign level.
strongly agree
agree
neutral
disagree
strongly disagree
My user base expects to use a socio-cultural toolset at the tactical level.
strongly agree
agree
neutral
disagree
strongly disagree
(Answer only if you agreed with prior statement). My user base expects to use a socio-cultural toolset at the tactical planning level.
strongly agree
agree
neutral
disagree
strongly disagree
(Answer only if you agreed with prior statement). My user base expects to use a socio-cultural toolset as part of their tactical training exercises for military planners.
strongly agree
agree
neutral
disagree
strongly disagree
My user base expects a socio-cultural toolset to be able to predict possible outcomes.
strongly agree
agree
neutral
disagree
strongly disagree
(Answer only if you agreed with prior statement). In order to refine the model's predictive capabilities, my user base would value a more flexible socio-cultural modeling construct, even if it were more complex to manage.
strongly agree
agree
neutral
disagree
strongly disagree
My user base expects to use a socio-cultural toolset to explore cultural problem space.
strongly agree
agree
neutral
disagree
strongly disagree
(Answer only if you agreed with prior statement). The granularity of the behavior modeling is less important to my user base than having a manageable set of attributes that will help them explore the problem.
strongly agree
agree
neutral
disagree
strongly disagree
My user base includes non-programmer types that only want to modify scaled values for a pre-defined set of behavior attributes relating to a cultural group.
strongly agree
agree
neutral
disagree
strongly disagree
My user base includes programmer types that want to be able to define the attribute template for a particular cultural group. In other words, my users want to be able to define the set of attributes that make up a cultural group instead of working inside a predefined template.
strongly agree
agree
neutral
disagree
strongly disagree
My user base includes programmer types that want to be able to extend the primitive template for a particular cultural group. In other words, they want to be able to define their own set of actions a cultural group can take.
strongly agree
agree
neutral
disagree
strongly disagree
Which of the following serious game technologies do you foresee being relevant to your socio-cultural modeling solution?
role playing
strategy formation
simulated economies
configring group and individual behaviors through scripting languages
map views of a region
animation of human elements
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