Gaming, Simulations and Society

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Toward a New Science of Simulation and Gaming: ISAGA and the Identity Problem of Simulation and Gaming as an Academic Discipline

      • Rei Shiratori

      Pages 3-8

3. Social Sciences and Simulation and Gaming

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. The Game of “Forming a Coalition Government”

      • Masayoshi Kuboya, Satoshi Kimura

      Pages 11-20

   3. Environmental Commons Game: Is the Free Rider a “Bad Apple”?

      • Susumu Ohnuma

      Pages 21-28

   4. Use of Gaming for Training Emergency Headquarters in Responding to Earthquake Damage: VEQRES/SAITAI—Virtual Earthquake RESponses—

      • Hideki Kaji, Katumi Matsumura, Toshiyuki Kaneda, Hidehiko Kanegae, Kenichi Ishibashi, Mari Yahagi et al.

      Pages 29-38

   5. The Urban Network Game: A Simulation of the Future of Joint City Interests

      • Igor Mayer, Martijn Leijten, Linda Carton, Martin de Jong, Richard Scalzo, Ed Dammers et al.

      Pages 39-48

   6. A Report of U-Mart Experiments by Human Agents

      • Kazuhisa Taniguchi, Yoshihiro Nakajima, Fumihiko Hashimoto

      Pages 49-57

   7. Price Competition Between Middlemen: An Experimental Study

      • Kazuhito Ogawa, Kouhei Iyori, Sobei H. Oda

      Pages 59-68

4. Social Relevancies in Simulation and Gaming

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Facilitation in Communication: Toward a Study of an Educational Gaming Simulation

      • Fumitoshi Kato

      Pages 71-80

   3. The Features and Roles of Simulation Software in the Classroom

      • Kanji Akahori

      Pages 81-89

   4. Instructional Activities Game: A Tool for Teacher Training and Research into Teaching

      • Toshiki Matsuda

      Pages 91-100

   5. Prefrontal Cortex Deactivation During Video Game Play

      • Goh Matsuda, Kazuo Hiraki

      Pages 101-109

   6. The Quantity and Context of Video Game Violence in Japan: Toward Creating an Ethical Standard

      • Akiko Shibuya, Akira Sakamoto

      Pages 111-120

   7. Background and Current Status of Learning Games in the Field of Japanese School Education

      • Haruo Kamijo

      Pages 121-128

   8. Yutori Is Considered Harmful: Agent-Based Analysis for Education Policy in Japan

      • Atsuko Arai, Takao Terano

      Pages 129-136

5. Strategies and Policy Exercise

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. Simulations and Social Responsibility: Why Should We Bother?

      • Ivo Wenzler

      Pages 139-148

The Japan Association of Simulation & Gaming (JASAG) and the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) hosted ISAGA 2003, the 34th annual conference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association (ISAGA), at Kazusa Akademia Park in Kisarazu, Japan,August 25–29, 2003. About 450 participants and guests attended,with 330 from Japan and 101 from 34 other countries. The number of submitted papers and reports exceeded 210, and in addition, many poster presentations and experiential sessions were held. This book is made up of 30 papers submitted to ISAGA 2003 and provides a good example of the diverse scope and standard of research achieved in simu- tion and gaming today.The theme of ISAGA 2003 was “Social Contributions and Responsibilities of Simulation and Gaming.” Looking back over the history of simulation and gaming research in Japan,in 1991 JASAG hosted ISAGA 1991 in Kyoto. However,even though there were only 12 years between ISAGA 1991 and ISAGA 2003,and both conferences were held in the same country,Japan,for Japanese researchers,the meaning of hosting these two international conferences of simulation and gaming research was very different.

• Design
• Moral
• Motivation
• Simulation
• algorithms
• business
• communication
• decision making
• education
• environment
• genetic algorithms
• modeling
• nature
• political science
• psychology

• Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University, Tokyo, Japan

  Rei Shiratori

• The Institute for Political Studies in Japan (IPSJ), Tokyo, Japan

  Rei Shiratori

• Faculty of Social Systems Science, Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, Japan

  Kiyoshi Arai

• Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan

  Fumitoshi Kato

Policies and ethics