A methodology for co-constructing an interdisciplinary model: from model to survey, from survey to model
This work addresses the challenge of effective model co-construction for multidisciplinary research teams, particularly relevant for projects involving complex human behavior modeling.
This paper proposes a methodology for interdisciplinary collaboration between computer science and social science to co-construct a model, specifically applied to modeling human behavior post-earthquake. It introduces a tool designed to facilitate multidisciplinary dialogue and offers a reflexive analysis of the intellectual process involved.
How should computer science and social science collaborate to build a common model? How should they proceed to gather data that is really useful to the modelling? How can they design a survey that is tailored to the target model? This paper aims to answer those crucial questions in the framework of a multidisciplinary research project. This research addresses the issue of co-constructing a model when several disciplines are involved, and is applied to modelling human behaviour immediately after an earthquake. The main contribution of the work is to propose a tool dedicated to multidisciplinary dialogue. It also proposes a reflexive analysis of the enriching intellectual process carried out by the different disciplines involved. Finally, from working with an anthropologist, a complementary view of the multidisciplinary process is given.