This book is in honor of Yasuhiko Takahara, a first-class researcher who has been active for some 50 years at the global level in systems research. Researchers and practitioners from Japan and other countries who have been influenced by Takahara have come together from far and wide to contribute their major research masterpieces in the field of systems research in the broadest sense.
While the roots of Takahara's systems research are in general systems theory and systems control theory, he developed his research and teaching in diverse directions such as management information science, engineering, social simulation, and systems thinking. As a result, many of the researchers and practitioners he supervised or influenced have established their own positions and are now active around the world in a wide range of systems research.
Volume I is a collection of their masterpieces or representative works in the field of systems theory and modeling.

Autorentext

Kyoichi Kijima, Daito Bunka University (Professor), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Professor Emeritus) Junichi Iijima, Tokyo University of Science, Pofessor Ryo Sato, Yokohama National University, Professor Emeritus Hiroshi Deguchi, Tokyo institute of Technology, Professor Bumpei Nakano, Tokyo institute of Technology, Professor Emeritus

Inhalt

Part 1: General Systems Theory.- Chapter 1: Mesarovic-Takahara Time Systems under the Effect of Feedback Mechanism.- Chapter 2: Generalization of Law of Requisite Variety.- Chapter 3: Isomorphy of Subsystem and Component Subsystem of Input-Output System.- Chapter 4: Meta-Analysis of Inter-theoretical Relations: Reduction, Realization and Micro-Macro Relations of Systems.- Chapter 5: Beyond Logical Approach to Systems Theory.- Chapter 6: Logic and Algebraic Structure of "Calculus of Indication": The Significance and Circumstance.- Part 2: Systems Modeling.- Chapter 7: Mutual Learning Process Model in Soft Game Perspective.- Chapter 8: Model Theory Approach for Simulation: Improvements of Model Description Language and Integration of Development Environments.- Chapter 9: Declarative Modelling for Multimodal Processes-driven Delivery Networks.- Chapter 10: A General Method for Designing General Systems.- Chapter 11: Modeling Complex Systems and their Validation: General System Theoretical Approach.