Systems Theoretic Techniques for Modeling, Control, and Decision Support in Complex Dynamic Systems
This is a survey/review paper that may serve as a reference for researchers working on complex systems, but it does not introduce new methods or results.
The paper reviews modeling, control, and decision support methods for complex dynamic systems from a systems theoretic perspective, presenting architectural models for simulation and decision support. No concrete results or numbers are provided.
We discuss the problems of modeling, control, and decision support in complex dynamic systems from a general system theoretic point of view. The main characteristics of complex systems and of system approach to complex system study are considered. We provide an overview and analysis of known existing paradigms and methods of mathematical modeling and simulation of complex systems, which support the processes of control and decision making. Then we continue with the general dynamic modeling and simulation technique for complex hierarchical systems functioning in control loop. Architectural and structural models of computer information system intended for simulation and decision support in complex systems are presented.