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A Model for Collusive Tendering Based on a Multiagent Approach

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Conclusions

We established a multiagent simulation model related to CT that can reproduce an emergent process within a bidding community consisting of several firms. A series of numerical experiments shows that CT does develop, but indicates that there may be different content depending upon the input information provided. In particular, we should recognize the difference between functional CT and intensive CT.

This study was carried out due to the authors’ anxiety regarding the health of the Japanese construction industry and the creation of a better society for the future. Several effective strategies are presented for breaking CT in the real world.

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  1. Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasugakoen, Kasuga, Fukuoka, 816-8580, Japan

    Jun Tanimoto

  2. Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan

    Haruyuki Fujii

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  1. Faculty of Social Systems Science, Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba, 275-0016, Japan

    Kiyoshi Arai D.Eng. (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8502, Japan

    Hiroshi Deguchi D.Sc, D.Econ. (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Yoshida-hommachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

    Hiroyuki Matsui D.Eng. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Tanimoto, J., Fujii, H. (2005). A Model for Collusive Tendering Based on a Multiagent Approach. In: Arai, K., Deguchi, H., Matsui, H. (eds) Agent-Based Modeling Meets Gaming Simulation. Agent-Based Social Systems, vol 2. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-29427-9_10

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