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Analyzing Local Community Tow-Away Policies through Agent-Based Simulation Masato KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi DEGUCHI, and Takao TERANO Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku Yokohama, 226-8502 Japan masato@gssm-tsukuba.org terano@dis.titech.ac.jp deguchi@dis.titech.ac.jp Abstract This paper presents an agent-based model to analyze tow-away policy in a local community. We will focus on such a situation that (1) Outsiders of a local community make illegal parking in the residential area; (2) The habitants of the community must develop their tow-away policy; (3) They can form a policy group to stress both the outsiders and the local government; and (4) The local government will support them if the policy group become larger. The interesting point is that the tow-away policy is not an absolute but an emergent one. Under the assumptions, we investigate what kind of conditions will reduce the illegal parking. Contact: Prof. Takao TERANO Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering Tokyo Institute of Technology 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku Yokohama, 226-8502 Japan Tel: 81-45-924-5583 Fax: 81-45-924-5583 Email: terano@dis.titech.ac.jp Key Words: Multi-Agent Simulation, Social Simulation, Reinforcement Learning Analyzing Local Community Tow-Away Policies through Agent Based Simulation