The 15th International Symposium on

Knowledge and Systems Sciences

Hokkaido University

1st—2nd November 2014, Sapporo, Japan

Steering Committee

(Board members of International Society for Knowledge and Systems Sciences)

President: S.Y. Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

General Secretary: X. J. Tang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Vice-Presidents:

J. Chen (Tsinghua University, China)

Y. Z. Dang (Dalian University of Technology, China)

K. Kijima (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

W. B. Lee (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China)

M. Makowski (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis)

Advisors:

J. F. Gu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

M. Jackson (The University of Hull, UK)

Y. Nakamori (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

Z.T. Wang (Dalian University of Technology, China)

A.P. Wiezbicki (National Institute of Telecommunications, Poland)

C.J. Zhao (Tsinghua University, China)

Symposium Co-Chairs

S. Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

J. Chen (Tsinghua University, China)

Y. Nakamori (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

International Program Committee

X. J. Tang (Chinese Academy of Science, China), Co-chair

J. N. Wu (Dalian University of Technology, China), Co-chair

T. Ma (East China University of Science and Technology, China), Co-chair

V. N. Huynh (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan), Co-chair

W.B. Lee (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China)

L. Edvinsson (Lund University, Sweden)

T. Jorg (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)

J. Lee (University of Cincinnati, USA)

Rossi Setchi (Cardiff University, UK)

D. Snowden (Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd., Singapore)

C. Q. Zhang (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)

C. M. Brugha (University College Dublin, Ireland)

F. Burstein (Monash University, Australia)

J. Chen (Tsinghua University, China)

B. Cheung (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

R. Du (Xidian University, China)

D. Griffiths (University of Edinburgh, UK)

J. F. Gu (Chinese Academy of Science, China)

P. Heisig (University of Leeds, UK)

F. Heylighen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

L. Hordijk (Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Italy)

M. Jackson (University of Hull, UK)

Z. Jin (Peking University, China)

K. Kijima (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

K. K. Lai (City University of Hong Kong, China)

R. Q. Lu (Chinese Academy of Science, China)

K. Mainzer (Technical University of Munich, Germany)

M. Makowski (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria)

G. Midgley (University of Hull, UK)

A. Montuori (California Institute of Integral Studies, USA)

Y. Nakamori (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

K. O’Sullivan (New York Institute of Technology, USA)

R. K. Pillania (Management Development Institute, India)

D. Pauleen, Massey University, New Zealand

M. Ryoke (Tsukuba University, Japan)

Y. Shi (Chinese Academy of Science, China)

T. Terano (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

E. Tsui (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

S. Y. Wang (Chinese Academy of Science, China)

A. P. Wierzbicki (National Institute of Telecommunications, Poland)

T. Yoshida (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

W. Y. Yue (Konan University, Japan)

M. J. Zhang (Wollongong University, Australia)

Z. C. Zhu (University of Hull, UK)

Local Organizing Committee

T. Murai (Hokkaido University, Japan)

Y. Kudo (Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan)

K. Kijima (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

M. Ryoke (Tsukuba University, Japan)

Y. Yamashita (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

Organization