Fuzzy Systems for Management

Since competition is fierce, management organizations for companies and government must respond in a prompt and flexible manner to the large variety of frequently changing requirements of the market and society. In order to do this, earlier management science methods like operations research and mathematical programming often took the approach of expressing problems in equations and solving them; these lack variety and flexibility and have taken form in which human beings supplement them. Various methods have been developed to systematize the parts that depend on human beings, improve the use of computers and make it possible for managers with little experience to use them. Fuzzy theory focuses on the general situation and generalization of the intelligent information processing of human beings and attempts to create models that simulate these. This book is an introduction for learning the basics of fuzzy management science, so it begins by bringing in the significance, necessity, thinking behind the methodology and an outline of fuzzy management science. The various chapters are arranged in order from the ideas and basics to applications. Covered by Zentrallblatt fur Mathematik und ihre Grenzgebiete, band 842/96Asai, K. is the author of 'Fuzzy Systems for Management' with ISBN 9789051991888 and ISBN 9051991886.