Name: Systems Sciences of Symbiosis
ISBN: 978-4-431-54982-6

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Kyoichi Kijima ⁰

Kyoichi Kijima
1. Grad Sch of Decision Sci & Tech, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Japan
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Presents symbiosis between different autonomous decision makers and various value systems as a topic requiring serious scientific investigation for sustainable development of a global society
Focuses on complex interactions among elements and emergent properties to show how a translational systems sciences approach is explicitly adopted to symbiosis
Clearly describes translational methodologies from analytical, simulation and conceptual modeling to applied systems thinking in the appendices

Part of the book series: Translational Systems Sciences (TSS, volume 60)

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Keywords

Accommodation of conflicting values
Agent-based simulation
Dynamics of cooperation and confrontation
Hypergame modeling
Symbiosis
Translational systems sciences

About this book

Symbiosis originally means a close and often long-term interaction between two or more different biological species. This book presents symbiosis and related concepts such as cooperation, conflicts, and confrontations between two or more autonomous decision makers from a systems sciences perspective. Such autonomous decision makers can be called agents and include human beings, companies, and governments. Indeed, these agents are not able to exist in isolation, so that interactions and mutualistic relationships with others is absolutely essential for sustainable global development. "System" is generally defined as "a set or arrangement of elements so related or connected as to form a unity or organic whole", while systems sciences are concerned with the nature of interactions among the elements rather than that of the elements themselves. Hence it is methodologically sound and natural to apply systems scientific approaches to investigate symbiosis phenomena. This book consists of twoparts. In Part I a wide range of research tools, from mathematical modeling and social simulation to conceptual systems modeling, are adopted to describe, explain, and analyze symbiosis, cooperation, conflicts, and confrontations between agents by identifying them as adaptive complex systems. These are called agent-based modeling approaches. In Part II there is a discussion of how to support autonomous agents with conflicting values and opinions by facilitating and accommodating them to realize symbiosis. The focus is on applied systems thinking in particular. The concept of the thinking is first introduced, then is classified into four types. Finally, meta-methodology is referred to for investigating how to choose a specific type for a specific problematic situation.

Authors and Affiliations

Grad Sch of Decision Sci & Tech, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Japan

Kyoichi Kijima

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Systems Sciences of Symbiosis
Authors: Kyoichi Kijima
Series Title: Translational Systems Sciences
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan KK, part of Springer Nature 2026
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54982-6Due: 12 November 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-54983-3Due: 12 November 2025
Series ISSN: 2197-8832
Series E-ISSN: 2197-8840
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 184
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

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