FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF MIS A MODEL THEORY APPROACH International Federation for Systems Research International Series on Systems Science and Engineering Series Editor: George J. Klir State University of New York at Binghamton Editorial Board Gerrit Broekstra Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Ivan M. Havel Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic John L. Casti Sante Fe Institute, New Mexico Klaus Kornwachs Technical University of Cottbus, Germany Brain Gaines University of Calgary, Canada Franz Pichler University of Linz, Austria Volume 19 Volume 20 Volume 21 Volume 22 Volume 23 Volume 24 FLEXIBLE ROBOT DYNAMICS AND CONTROLS Rush D. Robinett, III, Clark R. Dohrmann, G. Richard Eisler, John T. Feddema, Gordon G. Parker, David G. Wilson, and Dennis Stokes FUZZY RELATIONAL SYSTEMS: Foundations and Principles Radim Belohlavek ARCHITECTURE OF SYSTEMS PROBLEMS SOLVING, Second Edition George J. Klir and Doug Elias ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE: Cybernetic Systems Foundation Yasuhiko Takahara and Mihajlo Mesarovic CONSTRAINT THEORY: Multidimensional Mathematical Model Management George J. Friedman FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF MIS: A Model Theory Approach Yasuhiko Takahara and Yongmei Liu IFSR was established "to stimulate all activities associated with the scientific study of systems and to coordinate such activities at international level." The aim of this series is to stimulate publication of high-quality monographs and textbooks on various topics of systems science and engineering. This series complements the Federation's other publications. A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher. Volumes 1-6 were published by Pergamon Press. FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF MIS A MODEL THEORY APPROACH Yasuhiko Takahara Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo, Japan and Yongmei Liu Central South University Changsha, Hunan, China Sprin ger Yasuhiko Takahara Professor Emeritus Tokyo Institute of Technology Ookayama, Meguro Tokyo, Japan
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