Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and their Application in Social Science Research: A Study of their Main Problems

IF 1.9 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
A. Infante-Moro, J. Infante-Moro, Julia Gallardo-Pérez
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Abstract

The methodology of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) is one of the most relevant in the study of knowledge and, probably, one of the most used in recent times by researchers in their studies and projects. This paper analyzes, through a bibliographic review by the main scientific databases, the use of this tool in scientific research and its application in the social sciences, as well as providing historical references in this regard. It shows the main characteristics of the methodology, its possibilities and limitations, its differences with its predecessor (Cognitive Maps), the operational phases for its application and the different ways of capturing information. In addition to demonstrating the suitability of its application in the field of social sciences and studying its major problems, the identification of the concepts involved within the system to be studied, the selection of experts and the coefficients or weights of the knowledge of each of these ones, offering suggestions and contributions for a correct identification of the concepts involved, a correct selection of these experts and a correct quantification of their coefficients of "expert knowledge".
模糊认知图及其在社会科学研究中的应用:主要问题研究
模糊认知图(fcm)是知识研究中最相关的方法之一,也是近年来研究人员在研究和项目中使用最多的方法之一。本文通过对主要科学数据库的文献综述,分析了该工具在科学研究中的使用及其在社会科学中的应用,并提供了这方面的历史参考。它展示了方法论的主要特征,它的可能性和局限性,它与它的前身(认知地图)的区别,它的应用的操作阶段和获取信息的不同方式。除了证明其在社会科学领域应用的适宜性和研究其主要问题外,确定所研究的系统内涉及的概念,选择专家和每个专家的知识的系数或权重,为正确确定所涉及的概念提供建议和贡献,正确选择这些专家,并正确量化他们的“专家知识”系数。
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Education in the Knowledge Society
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