This book is an outcome of the conference on the development of large technical systems held in Berlin in 1986. It focuses on the comparative analysis of the de

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Decision makers in large scale interconnected network systems require simulation models for decision support. The behaviour of these systems is determined by ma

This work examines the governance of large technical systems (LTS) at firm, imdustry and state levels and the interactions between the systems and society. In p