2007/08/06 10:30 Hiroshi Deguchi, "Creation of Agent Based Social System Science", ISSS Tokyo 2007
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Jim Kijima
[Hiroshi Deguchi]
21st Century COE program an initiative by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Technology and Science
Composed of:
- Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science (Deguchi)
- Decision Science (Kijima)
Goal: to establish an innovative social science
Mission:
- Social system theory based on an agent-based approach
- Tool
- Analysis and proposals for social policy
Methodology
Bottom-up and functional approach
- Mutual interaction between personal level internal models and organizational or social level internal modeling
Agent-based simulation model:
- SOARS was Spot Oriented Agent Role Simulator, now Social and Organizational Architecture Simulators
- http://soars.jp
Programming environment:
- Visual programming environment
- Simulation engine
- Hybrid gaming design
- Supports grid environment
Demo
- 10,000 agents living in a virtual city
- 20-minute ticks
Gaming builder
Others: Artisoc (Chicago), MASON (George Mason U.), Repast, Q
Combination of bottom-up and top-down approach, as design approach
Back to demo:
- Infected persons, vaccinated people
