Introduction to logistics systems planning and control

Abstract

The concept of a system as an entity in its own right has emerged with increasing force in the past few decades in, for example, the areas of electrical and control engineering, economics, ecology, urban structures, automation theory, operational research and industry. The more definite concept of a large-scale system is implicit in these applications, but is particularly evident in such fields as the study of communication networks, computer networks, and neural networks. The Wiley-Interscience Series in Systems and Optimization has been established to serve the needs of researchers in these rapidly developing fields. It is intended for works concerned with the developments in quantitative systems theory, applications of such theory in areas of interest, or associated methodology.