Human-centric systems for evaluating the status and monitoring the progress for socio-political processes

Abstract

This article describes main ideas of Information Monitoring Systems and its applications for evaluation of status and monitoring of progress for social, economic, and political processes. Using these systems, we can "calculate" how we far from our goal and also "calculate" what factors allow us to reach the goal by the most effective way. The paper presents basic elements of Information Monitoring Systems and their characteristic, theoretical basis, and example - a system for monitoring and evaluation of state's nuclear activities which was developed for department of safeguards, International Atomic Energy Agency.