Extending Participatory Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping with a Control Nodes Methodology: A Case Study of the Development of a Bio-based Economy in the Humber Region, UK

Penn, Alexandra S.; Knight, Christopher J. K.; Chalkias, Georgios; Velenturf, Anne P.M.; Lloyd, David J. B.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-25053-3_9

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“…Stakeholders' beliefs can also be used as starting and reflection points for more formal network analysis to extract and provide actionable insights and narratives from larger, sometimes overwhelming, maps (see e.g. Penn et al 2016).…”

Section: Using Participatory Systems Mappingmentioning

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Building a system-based Theory of Change using Participatory Systems Mapping

Wilkinson

Hills

Penn³

et al. 2021

Evaluation

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Theory of Change diagrams are commonly used within evaluation. Due to their popularity and flexibility, Theories of Change can vary greatly, from the nuanced and nested, through to simplified and linear. We present a methodology for building genuinely holistic, complexity-appropriate, system-based Theory of Change diagrams, using Participatory Systems Mapping as a starting point. Participatory System Maps provide a general-purpose resource that can be used in many ways; however, knowing how to turn their complex view of a system into something actionable for evaluation purposes is difficult. The methodology outlined in this article gives this starting point and plots a path through from systems mapping to a Theory of Change evaluators can use. It allows evaluators to develop practical Theories of Change that take into account feedbacks, wider context and potential negative or unexpected outcomes. We use the example of the energy trilemma map presented elsewhere in this special issue to demonstrate.

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Section: Using Participatory Systems Mappingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Note, however, that the subjective network analysis developed for Participatory System Maps is specifically designed as a way to find system levers and hence also help in intervention design (see e.g. Penn et al 2016).…”

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Building a system-based Theory of Change using Participatory Systems Mapping

Wilkinson

Hills

Penn³

et al. 2021

Evaluation

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“…We are currently exploring the possibility of integrating SBVR with the work on participatory modelling, where we use Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) and techniques from network analytics in identifying strategic intervention points in complex networks. This is looking into the Humber region, UK, (one of the UK's most important energy hubs) as a case study where local authorities and various groups of stakeholders engage in moving from a fossil fuel economy to a biobased economy [29]. The FCM map is built over a one-day workshop with stakeholders and the whole process could be helped by using SBVR to capture expertise and dependencies in the complex network of the Humber region in a way that is understandable to business, policy makers and researchers alike.…”

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Service Choreography, SBVR, and Time

Manaf

Moschoyiannis

Krause

2015

Electron. Proc. Theor. Comput. Sci.

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We propose the use of structured natural language (English) in specifying service choreographies, focusing on the what rather than the how of the required coordination of participant services in realising a business application scenario. The declarative approach we propose uses the OMG standard Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Rules (SBVR) as a modelling language. The service choreography approach has been proposed for describing the global orderings of the invocations on interfaces of participant services. We therefore extend SBVR with a notion of time which can capture the coordination of the participant services, in terms of the observable message exchanges between them. The extension is done using existing modelling constructs in SBVR, and hence respects the standard specification. The idea is that users -domain specialists rather than implementation specialists -can verify the requested service composition by directly reading the structured English used by SBVR. At the same time, the SBVR model can be represented in formal logic so it can be parsed and executed by a machine.

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“…Participants produced distinct, alternative structures for the cognitive map for two scenarios, namely local and nonlocal feedstock production. The full details of the workshop methodology are found in [16] while the map output including transient dynamics (under both linear and sigmoidal mappings) are detailed in [15].…”

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A Web-based Tool for Identifying Strategic Intervention Points in Complex Systems

Moschoyiannis

Elia²,

Penn

et al. 2016

Electron. Proc. Theor. Comput. Sci.

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Steering a complex system towards a desired outcome is a challenging task. The lack of clarity on the system's exact architecture and the often scarce scientific data upon which to base the operationalisation of the dynamic rules that underpin the interactions between participant entities are two contributing factors. We describe an analytical approach that builds on Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping (FCM) to address the latter and represent the system as a complex network. We apply results from network controllability to address the former and determine minimal control configurationssubsets of factors, or system levers, which comprise points for strategic intervention in steering the system. We have implemented the combination of these techniques in an analytical tool that runs in the browser, and generates all minimal control configurations of a complex network. We demonstrate our approach by reporting on our experience of working alongside industrial, local-government, and NGO stakeholders in the Humber region, UK. Our results are applied to the decision-making process involved in the transition of the region to a bio-based economy.

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Extending Participatory Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping with a Control Nodes Methodology: A Case Study of the Development of a Bio-based Economy in the Humber Region, UK

Cited by 10 publications

References 26 publications

Building a system-based Theory of Change using Participatory Systems Mapping

Building a system-based Theory of Change using Participatory Systems Mapping

Service Choreography, SBVR, and Time

A Web-based Tool for Identifying Strategic Intervention Points in Complex Systems

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