NEWS
Announcement of the results of the 19th MAS Competition
March 8, 2019
KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING Inc.
Event overview
Before I begin, I would like to offer my heartfelt thanks for your gracious support. With your kind assistance, we were able to hold a very successful 19th MAS Competition.
This most recent Competition saw a record 22 research announcements from a variety of fields, encompassing both oral announcements and post announcement sessions. As a result of some rigorous judging by the panel, the following teams were awarded prizes. In addition, the lively exchange information and discussion on the day helped give a more concrete sense of the potential for societal simulation, as well as providing a space for promoting the further development of the field going forward. I am deeply grateful to all those who participated.
We will continue to place great importance on providing opportunities for communication between users, using the spread of society simulation to contribute to the building of future societies that embody the many wise ideas discussed here.
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Results of judging
| Oral presentation session: Award of Merit | Speaker |
| Multi-agent evaluation of strategies for sustainable equalization of man-made woodland age-class composition | Waseda University Yui Watanabe |
| Oral presentation session: Audience Choice Prize | Speaker |
| Adoption of “congestion resistance” in relation to theme park visitors, and its effects | Tokyo Institute of Technology Yuma Aratake |
| Poster presentation session: Award of Merit | Speaker |
| Multi-agent simulation of urban dynamics, taking into account daily lives of residents and street-level activity | University of Tsukuba Hideyuki Nagai |
| Quantitative evaluation of effects of introducing bike-sharing system, using multi-agent simulation | Chiba University Takumi Saiki |
| Thoughts on methods for accumulating formal knowledge with the aim of maximizing organizational performance | Nara Institute of Science and Technology Masato Hidaka |
※The winner of the Award of Merit for the oral presentation session was awarded a research grant of ¥100,000, and the winner of the Award of Merit for the poster presentation session was awarded a research grant of ¥50,000.
Event program
| Time | Title of presentation | Speaker |
| 9:30～ | Venue reception | |
| 10:00～ | Opening remarks | KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING Inc. Shota Hattori |
| 10:20～ | Proposal for new traffic signal system utilizing IoT Abstract Paper Model |
Doshisha University Hiroshi Sato |
| 10:45～ | Multi-agent evaluation of strategies for sustainable equalization of man-made woodland age-class composition Abstract Paper Model |
Waseda University Yui Watanabe |
| 11:10～ | Network science-based quantitative evaluation of the risk of password reuse Abstract Paper Model |
Aichi Prefectural University Kohei Sakashita |
| 11:35～ | Analysis of the effect on class atmosphere of specialized agents Abstract Paper Model |
Aichi Prefectural University Hibiki Igarashi |
| 12:00～ | Lunch break | |
| 13:00～ | Adoption of “congestion resistance” in relation to theme park visitors, and its effects Abstract Paper Model |
Tokyo Institute of Technology Yuma Aratake |
| 13:25～ | Using multi-agent systems for optimization of bicycle park layout for community cycle system service Abstract Paper Model |
Hiroshima Institute of Technology Shoko Morinaga |
| 13:50～ | Introduction to cloud-based MAS tools | KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING Inc. Yasuhiro Kitakami |
| 14:05～ | Break | |
| 14:15～ | Poster presentation session Title/abstract of speech |
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| 15:55～ | Audience voting & break | |
| 16:10～ | Lecture① Using simulation to design future societies: MAS as a post-AI concept Lecture materials |
University of Tokyo Kiyoshi Izumi |
| 17:00～ | Lecture② Utilization of simulation for mechanism design | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Kazuo Miyashita |
| 17:50～ | Announcement of results & award ceremony | |
| 18:10～ 19:40 (scheduled) |
Social event & exhibition of models | |
※All of the titles are originally in Japanese. They were translated by KKE staff.
Date & time, venue
Program: March 1, 2019 (Friday) 10:00 - 18:00 ※A social event will be held after the main event has finished.
Venue: Nakano Central Park Conference
Access: Nakano Central Park South, Nakano 4-10-2, Nakano-ku, Tokyo (http://www.nakano-centralpark.jp/conference/)
Lectures
Lecture 1 “Using simulation to design future societies: MAS as a post-AI concept”
Societal simulation is becoming increasingly important as a technology to support societies that are not only sustainable, but that can continue to develop. In this lecture, we analyze the artifacts, social systems, and behavior of organizations and groups to be found in real society, and introduce simulation technology for the design of developing systems through the addition of new hardware and software. While introducing case studies from such fields as traffic, disaster prevention, marketing and finance, we describe some of the possibilities and problems in relation to the design of future societies.
Lecture 2 “Utilization of simulation for mechanism design”
Societal implementations of mechanism design that not only incorporate economics but also leverage knowledge from the fields of engineering and information technology have generated significant results in recent years, as exemplified by Google AdWords auctions and frequency band auctions by the FCC in the United States. In this lecture, we provide an outline of the use of computer simulation technology in mechanism design.
Judging panel members
Chair of Judging panel
- Kiyoshi Izumi (Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School)
Judging panel members (Japanese alphabetical order)
- Toshiyuki Kaneda (Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology Graduate School)
- Setsuya Kurahashi (Professor, University of Tsukuba Graduate School)
- Akira Namatame (Professor Emeritus, National Defense Academy of Japan)
- Makoto Mizuno (Professor, Meiji University)
Media presentation, etc.
Report on the 19th MAS Competition (official website of KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING Inc.)
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Contact & inquiries
KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING Inc. 19th MAS Competition Office
TEL 050-5213-9325 / FAX 050-5306-6984
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