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Title
Japanese: 
English:A Unified Agent-Based Model to Analyze Organizational Deviation and Kaizen Activities 
Author
Japanese: 小林知巳, 高橋 聡, 國上 真章, 吉川 厚, 寺野 隆雄.  
English: Tomomi Kobayashi, Satoshi Takahashi, Masaaki Kunigami, Atsushi Yoshikawa, Takao Terano.  
Language English 
Journal/Book name
Japanese: 
English:WORKSHOP NOTES 
Volume, Number, Page         pp. 47-57
Published date Mar. 3, 2011 
Publisher
Japanese: 
English:DOCM3AS 
Conference name
Japanese: 
English:International Workshop on Data Oriented Constructive Mining and Massively Multi-Agent System: Simulations, Models, and Tools 
Conference site
Japanese: 
English:Taipei, Taiwan 
Official URL http://www.ai.soc.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/docmas/workshop/docm3as/
 
Abstract This paper presents a new agent based model for unifying organizational deviation and Kaizen activities. Deviation and Kaizen are both activities in business firms to break standards in operations. However, it is assumed that the former and the latter are different in terms of external utilities. Under the assumptions, we have developed a unified model and conducted simulations. The results show deviation, Kaizen, and stagnation phenomenon that are caused by the change of utility landscapes, diversity of agents, and reward distribution system. We have suggested the harnessing mechanism of deviation and Kaizen based on the experiment results.

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