Handbook of Systems Analysis: Volume 1. Overview. Front Matter

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis is preparing a Handbook of Systems Analysis, which will appear in three volumes: Volume 1: Overview is aimed at a widely varied audience of producers and users of systems analysis studies. Volume 2: Methods is aimed at systems analysts who need basic knowledge of methods in which they are not expert; this volume contains introductory overviews of such methods. Volume 3: cases contains descriptions of actual systems analyses that illustrate the diversity of the contexts and methods of systems analysis. Drafts of the material for Volume 1 are being widely circulated for comment and suggested improvement. This Working Paper is the current draft of the front matter for this volume. Correspondence is invited, and should be addressed to the undersigned