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The paper presents a policy analysis framework developed through a process of interdisciplinary integration as well as through a process of end users needs elicitation. The proposed framework constitutes the theoretical foundation for the Decision Support Component of a technological platform bringing together Social Media and System Dynamics simulation developed within the PADGETS project. The main novelties introduced have to do with the possibility to provide decision makers with a set of concise, fresh and relevant data in a cost effective and easily understandable way.
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Boero, R., Ferro, E., Osella, M., Charalabidis, Y., Loukis, E. (2012). Policy Intelligence in the Era of Social Computing: Towards a Cross-Policy Decision Support System. In: García-Castro, R., Fensel, D., Antoniou, G. (eds) The Semantic Web: ESWC 2011 Workshops. ESWC 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7117. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25953-1_18
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