Contents

Preface
　　Part1　Research on Information Society

Chapter 1
The Information Technology and the Ethical Use　　　　Munenori Kitahara
　1. Introduction
　2. Absolute Security and Relative Securiy of Technology
　3. Information Technology and the Defects
　4. Defective Technology and Ethical Use
　5. Information Accidents
　6. Information Ethics and Morals
　7. IP Technology and Ethical Deed
　8. Conclusion
　References

Chapter 2
A Critical Study on Asymmetric Regulation or the Mandatory Sharing of
Facilities in the Telecommunications Industry　　　　　　　　　 Koshiro Ota
　1. Introduction
　2. The Telecommunications Act of 1996
　3. Asymmetric Regulation
　4. The Antitrust Laws（Essential Facilities Doctrine）
　5. The Performance of the 1996 Act or the Enforcement Rules
　6. A Critical Study of the Enforcement Rules
　7. Conclusions
　References

Chapter 3
A Note on Key Escrow Using Yaksha Scheme
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Toru Inoue and Kouichi Sakurai
　1. Introduction
　2. Kerberos System
　3. Yaksha System
　4. To Improve Yaksha So Far
　5. Proposal of S.Miyazaki et al.
　6. A Proposal for Improvement of Yaksha System
　7. Concluding Remarks
　References

Chapter 4
The Impact of Open Source Software on e-Government Development
and Deployment　　　　Naoko Wakiya, Shiro Takashima and Mitsuru Ohba
　1. Introduction
　2. Impact of Open Source Software
　3. OSS Impact on e-Government
　4. Implication of OSS
　5. Conclusion
　References

　Part II　Empirical Analysis on Social Systems

Chapter 5
Estimation of Structural Fiscal Balance　　　　　　　　　　Kazunori Morioka
　1. Introduction
　2. Meaning of Structural Fiscal Balance Estimate
　3. Measurement of Potential Gross Domestic Product
　4. Measurement of the Structural Fiscal Balance
　5. Conclusion
　References

Chapter 6
Income Risk, Demographic Risk and Intergenerational Risk Sharing
Effects of Social Security　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Jun-ichi Maeda
　1. Introduction
　2. The Model
　3. The Defined Contribution Wage Indexation
　4. The Defined Benefit Wage Indexation
　5. The Comparison of Two Systems
　6. Conclusion
　References

Chapter 7
Evolutionary Games and Oligopoly Market　　　　　　　 Yoshinobu Arisada
　1. Introduction
　2. Nodel
　3. Imitation and Evolutionarily Long-run Equilibria
　4. Instinct and Evolutionarily Long-run Equilibria
　5. Conclusion
　References

Chapter 8
Managing the Supply Chain Process of the International Cooperative
Global Complementary Production Systems　　　　　　　　　Shusaku Hiraki
　1. Introduction
　2. Supply Chain Process of the ICGCPS
　3. Transportation Model Considering Overseas Markets
　4. Production and Transportation Planning Procedure
　5. The Effects of Shortening the Transportation Lead-time
　6. Conclusion
　References

Chapter 9
A Study on Designing of a Reverse Logistics System for Reusable Packing
Materials　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Yuanming Su and Shusaku Hiraki
　1. Introduction
　2. Reusable Packing Materials Reusing System
　3. Conditions
　4. Formulation
　5. Numerical Example
　6. Conclusion
　References

Chapter 10
Multiobjective Optimization by Improved NSGA-II with Extended Crossover
and Uniform Distance Selection　　Setsuko Sakai and Tetsuyuki Takahama
　1. Introduction
　2. Multiobjective Optimization Problem
　3. Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms
　4. NSGA-II with Extended Crossover and Uniform Distance Selection 
　5. Experiments
　6. Conclusions
　References

Chapter 11
A Probability of Alternative Paths in Schedule Management
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Seijiro Hiromitsu
　1. Introduction
　2. PERT and its History
　3. Probability of Alternative Paths
　4. Numerical Examples
　5. Conclusions
　References