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
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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
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FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF MIS A MODEL THEORY APPROACH
Yasuhiko Takahara Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo, Japan
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Yongmei Liu Central South University Changsha, Hunan, China
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Yasuhiko Takahara Professor Emeritus Tokyo Institute of Technology Ookayama, Meguro Tokyo, Japan
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Yongmei Liu School of Business Administration Central South University Changsha, Hunan China
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Series Editors: George J. Klir Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Binghampton University Binghampton, NY 13901
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