Determination of Influential Countries by Cultural and Geographical Parameters

Abstract

The cultural and geographical situation of countries cover the most important factors determining the relations between countries. In this study, a new method was proposed to identify the influential countries. Similarities were calculated by religion, language, zone, and landmass information of countries. This data was transformed into a graph structure.  Central countries were determined by Shannon and Karcı entropy over country similarities. The number of similarities and similarity ratios of each country with other countries were used when identifying the influential countries. The difference of Karcı entropy from Shannon, that the effect of these two values ​​can be adjusted by the alpha. With the parameters used, the determination of countries' leadership will reveal new analysis and perspectives in international relations.

Keywords

• country associations,social computing,graph entropy,influential countries,social network

Kültürel ve Coğrafi Parametrelere Göre Lider Ülkelerin Tespiti

Öz

Ülkelerin kültürel ve coğrafi durumu, ülkeler arasındaki ilişkileri belirleyen en önemli faktörlerdir. Bu çalışmada çizge entropi kullanılarak, sosyal ağ analizi yöntemleri ile lider ülkeler tespit edildi. Ülke benzerlikleri kültürel ve coğrafi parametreler olan din, dil, bölge, kıta bilgileri ile ölçüldü. Benzerlikler kullanılarak ülkelerin ilişki yapısı çizge yapısında çıkarıldı. Sosyal ağ yapısında merkezi ülkelerin tespiti için geleneksel merkezilik ölçümleri yerine Shannon ve Karcı entropi kullanıldı ve elde edilen sonuçlara göre bu iki entropi türü kıyaslandı. Karcı entropi de Shannon’dan farklı olarak bu iki değerin ölçümdeki etkisinin alfa ile ayarlanabildiği gösterildi. Bu çalışmada kullanılan parametrelerle elde edilen sonuçlar ve önerilen yöntemler ile ülkelerin liderliğinin ve etkinliğinin belirlenmesi uluslararası ilişkilerde yeni analizler ve bakış açıları ortaya çıkaracaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• sosyal hesaplama,çizge entropi,lider ülkeler,ülke birliktelikleri,Sosyal Ağ

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