Author_Institution :
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
It is argued that we need theories of large systems. This is particularly so since society is composed of large systems, and since without applicat.ions, control theory will be sterile. Some typical large systems are economics, education, urban systems, transportation, energy, and the environment. Observe that these systems are not independent. This makes the associated problems more interesting and difficult. It is noted that the fuzzy set theory of Lotfi Zadeh appears promising in this area since all of the concepts associated with large systems are imprecise or fuzzy.
