Katsuhisa Furuta

Katsuhisa Furuta is affiliated with Tokyo Denki University in Japan and has an extensive publication record spanning several fields and topics within business management, computer science, and psychology. Their research covers areas such as artificial intelligence, social psychology, strategy and management, management information systems, and operations research. Key thematic focuses include cognitive science and mapping, supply chain resilience and risk management, team dynamics and performance, complex systems and decision making, and facility location and emergency management.

The scientist has contributed to multiple papers, including notable recent publications such as:

• Consumer Panic Buying: Realizing Its Consequences and Repercussions on the Supply Chain, 2021, Sustainability
• Quantitative decision-making model to analyze the post-disaster consumer behavior, 2021, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
• Development of an agent-based model for the analysis of the effect of consumer panic buying on supply chain disruption due to a disaster, 2020, Journal of Advanced Simulation in Science and Engineering
• An Empirical Investigation of the Underlying Cognitive Process in Complex Problem Solving, 2022, International Journal of Cognitive Informatics and Natural Intelligence
• Resilience Analysis of Critical Infrastructure, 2022, WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS

Furuta frequently collaborates with a select group of coauthors, reflecting ongoing research partnerships. Frequent co-authors include:

• Taro Kanno
• Yingting Chen
• Rithika Dulam
• Daichi Mitsuhashi
• Satoru Inoue

Their publications appear regularly in venues such as AHFE International, Proceedings of the 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, and The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics. Other journals include Sustainability and the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.

The scientist's work bridges multiple disciplines, integrating insights from cognitive science into business management and computer science topics. Their research often focuses on understanding complex systems and decision-making processes to enhance resilience and performance, especially within supply chains and disaster response contexts.

Furuta was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction in 1996 for contributions to digital control theory and its applications to robotics and industrial processes.