Social Simulation
Development of Standard Agent Based Simulation Environment for Socioeconomic Systems by SOARS (Spot Oriented Agent Role Simulator)

Outline

Leader

Hiroshi Deguchi

Members

Hiroshi Deguchi, Kyoichi Kijima, Shigenobu Kobayashi, Takao Terano, Koichi Hashida

Cooperation Organizations

Prof. Tetsuo Shimizu (The Institute of Medical Science), Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., Cyber Assist Research Center

Our Mission
  1. We develops SOARS (Spot Oriented Agent Role Simulator) for offering standard simulation environment used not only by agent based social system scientists but also by working social scientists and policy makers.

  2. We makes it clear how to model agent based simulation on SOARS and what is Agent Based Dynamical Systems. We also elucidate the methodology of experimental design and validity of agent based simulation.

  3. For large-scale socioeconomic systems, we explore technique of agent-based simulation to search for enormous political and institutional possibilities. We develop SOARS Grid computing system and simulate large-scale socioeconomic systems by the grid computing. As application arena, We intends for the public health policy of SARS and the next influenza and large scale city with a population of 100,000 people as a demographic simulation platform.

  4. We develop a flame work of hybrid agent based & gaming simulation both for machine agents and human players by SOARS as a platform of participatory approach in on socioeconomic systems.
*SOARS can be downloaded via Deguchi Lab. Web Site (http://degulab.cs.dis.titech.ac.jp).