DocumentCode
815357
Title
Large systems
Author
Bellman, Richard
Author_Institution
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Volume
19
Issue
5
fYear
1974
fDate
10/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
465
Lastpage
465
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.
Keywords
Large-scale systems; Control theory; Decision making; Environmental economics; Fuzzy systems; Information management; Interconnected systems; Power generation economics; Transportation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9286
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAC.1974.1100632
Filename
1100632
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