Agent-Based Simulation: From Modeling Methodoloiges to Real-World Applications

by Terano, Takao; Kita, Hajime; Kaneda, Toshiyuki; Arai, Kiyoshi; Deguchi, Hiroshi

• ISBN13: 9784431265924
• ISBN10: 4431265929
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-15
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

Agent-based modeling/simulation is an emerging field that uses bottom-up and experimental analysis in the social sciences. Selected research from that presented at the Third International Workshop on Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems 2004, held in May 2004 in Kyoto, Japan, is included in this book. The aim of the workshop was to employ the bottom-up approach to social and economic problems by modeling, simulation, and analysis using a software agent. This research area is an emerging interdisciplinary field among the social sciences and computer science, attracting broad attention because it introduces a simulation-based experimental approach to problems that are becoming increasingly complex in an era of globalization and innovation in information technology. The state-of-the-art research and findings presented in this book will be indispensable tools for anyone involved in this rapidly growing discipline.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Conference Committee	vii
SOARS: Spot Oriented Agent Role Simulator - Design and Implementation
H. Tanuma, H. Deguchi, and T. Shimizu	1	(15)
Interactive Inversion of Agent-Based Models
T. Ashburn, E. Bonabeau, and I. Ecemis	16	(10)
Modeling the Exchange of AIDS Prevention and Treatment Strategies in Hong Kong
R.J. Callahan	26	(11)
Effect of Mutual Choice Metanorm in Group Dynamics for Solving Social Dilemmas
T. Yamashita, K. Izumi, and K. Kurumatani	37	(11)
Evolution of Cooperative Behavior in C2C Market: Effect of Reputation Management System
H. Yamamoto, K Ishida, and T. Ohta	48	(10)
Constructing Shared Interpretations in a Team of Intelligent Agents: The Effects of Communication Intensity and Structure
D. Marchiori and M. Warglien	58	(14)
Gaming Simulation of the International CO2 Emission Trading Under the Kyoto Protocol
H. Mizuta and Y. Yamagata	72	(10)
A Report of U-Mart Experiments as an Educational Courseware
K. Taniguchi, Y. Nakajima, and F. Hashimoto	82	(7)
Evaluation Criteria for Learning Mechanisms Applied to Agents in a Cross-Cultural Simulation
Y.I.L. Suematsu, K. Takadama, K. Shimohara, O. Katai, and K. Arai	89	(10)
Agent-Based Simulation of Adaptive Organizational Structures to Environmental Change
S. Takahashi and Y. Goto	99	(12)
A Study on Alliance Analysis in Civil Aviation Industry Based on Fuzzy Landscape Theory
S. Suganuma, Chen, and Y. Nakamori	111	(12)
The Defense of Disruptive Technologies
D. Meyer, C. Buchta, A. Mild, and A. Taudes	123	(12)
Risk Preference and Survival Dynamics
S.-H. Chen and Y.-C. Huang	135	(9)
Analysis Passive Investment Strategies and Asset Price Fluctuation in Financial Market Through Agent
H. Takahashi, S. Takahashi, K. Tsuda, and T. Terano	144	(14)
Report of UMIE 2004 and Summary of U-Mart Experiments Based on the Classification of Submitted Machine Agents
Y. Koyama, H. Sato, H. Matsui, and Y. Nakajima	158	(9)
Grounded Theory and Multi-Agent Simulation for a Small Firm
C.J. Andrews, A.I. Baptista, and L.W. Patton	167	(15)
The Use of Hybrid Agent Based Systems to Model Petrol Markets
Heppenstall, A.J. Evans, M.H. Birkin, and D. O'Sullivan	182	(12)
A Study on Pareto Optimality of Walrasian Virtual Market
T Kaihara and S. Fujii	194	(14)
Coordination in Rapidly Evolving Disaster Response Systems: The Role of Information
L.K. Comfort, K. Ko, and A. Zagorecki	208	(12)
A Simulation Analysis for Pedestrian Flow Management
T. Kaneda and T. Suzuki	220	(13)
Effects of Structural and Behavioral Strategies Toward the Environmentally Conscious Society: Agent-Based Approach
K. Zaima	233	(14)
Author Index	247	(2)
Keyword Index	249