UN-CODE: Software for Structuring and Visualizing Collective Decision-Making Based on Qualitative Data. Issue 1 (31st July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stieg, Julian; Marks, Peter; Gerrits, Lasse
• Is Part Of: Journal of open research software. Volume 7:Issue 1(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-07-31
• Subjects: Decision-making process -- Fitness Landscape -- Complexity Sciences -- Social Sciences -- 3D Visualization -- case-study management; Computer software -- Reusability -- Periodicals; Open source software -- Periodicals; 005
• DOI: 10.5334/jors.246
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2049-9647

Abstract

UN-CODE is a web-based tool for structuring and visualizing collective decision-making processes using qualitative, case-based data. It offers a database management tool and visualization method in one. The structure of the database and the visualizations derive from a model that is rooted in evolutionary biology and that has been transformed for social scientists. It features three principal dimensions: problem and solution definitions (PSD), weighted connectedness (c_score) as a network measure, and fitness (FIT) to describe the probability of actors reaching their goals in the collective decision-making process. The results are visualized in a scalable 3D-environment that shows the main dynamics of such in one quick overview.