Basic Study on Establishment of Industrial and Economical Database in Chugoku and Shikoku Districts

Research Project

Project/Area Number	63300012
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	広領域
Research Institution	Kagawa University
Principal Investigator	KIMURA Hitoshi Kagawa Univ. President, 学長 (00035908)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	ISHIKAWA Hiroshi Kagawa Univ., Dept. of Information Science, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (60026200) TOCHIMOTO Isao Hiroshima Univ., Dept. of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (30033731) OHSAKI Hirokazu Okayama Univ., Dept. of Production and Mechanical Eng., Professor, 工学部, 教授 (60032942) MESE Morio Okayama Univ., Dept. of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (70032985) ABE Kazunari Yamaguchi Univ., Dept. of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (60034849)
Project Period (FY)	1988 – 1989
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1989)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000) Fiscal Year 1989: ¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Keywords	Database / Knowledge-based system / Industrial promotion ratio / Scale index / Principal component analysis / Regional classification / Industrial balance ratio / Regional characteristics / データベース / 知識ベースシステム
Research Abstract	The present study has been performed for two years, 1988 through 1989, under a grant-in-aid for scientific research of the Ministry of Education, and has aimed at the successful establishment of database with which a general analysis can be made on the current industrial and economical status of Chugoku and Shikoku districts, in corporation with national universities of nine prefectures in these districts. In performing this research, three groups were organized : economics group dealing with construction of various databases concerned with agriculture, industry and service industry, database system development group and general management group. As for the objective regions, Tsuyama City and Higashi-Hiroshima City were chosen in the Chugoku district and Imabari City and Marugame City in the Shikoku district. In establishing databases with respect to industrial economics, careful attention has been paid to clarify regional industrial structures and regional characteristics which become the guideline to determine the basic direction for regional industrial development and land utilization, since the significance of database differs according to its utilization purpose. Though there can be a variety of ways in understanding regional characteristics, the present study, in reference to agricultural region division method, deals with construction of regional classification map with a good understanding of balance ratio of industrial structure by practical use of principal component analysis. Further, an attempt has been made to establish a knowledge-based system utilizing a rule to obtain regional characteristics of respective industry. The analysis of regional characteristics of Seto inland sea region has also been made as well as the discussions on problems in establishing databases for the analysis of general regional characteristics.