Mihajlo Mesarovic, Ph.D.
Cady Staley Professor of Systems Engineering and Mathematics
Ph.D. from Serbian Academy of Science
Contact information
Office
606 Olin Building
Hours
MT 11am-12:30pm
Phone
216.368.4466
216.368.5122 - Deanna Thomas, secretary
mdm5@case.edu
dthomas@eecs.case.edu - secretary
Selected Publications, Patents, and Other Achievements
Books
Multi-variable Control Systems, MIT Press 1960 (Translated into Chinese)
Theory of Multi-level Hierarchical Systems, with D. Macko and Y. Takahara, Academic Press, 1970 (Translated into Russian, French, and Japanese).
Mathematical Theory of General Systems, with Y. Takahara, Academic Press, 1972. (Translated into Russian and Japanese).
Mankind at the Turning Point, with E. Pestel, Dutton, 1974 (Translated in Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portugeuse, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish).
Abstract Systems Theory, with Y. Takahara, Springer Verlag, 1990.
Organization Structure: Cybernetic Systems Foundation, IFSR Int’l. Series on Systems Science and Engineering, Vol. 22, Kluwer, Academic Publishers, 2003.
Editor (Partial List)
General Systems Theory, Academic Press, 1966.
Systems Theory and Biology, Springer Verlag, 1968.
Systems Approach and City, with R. Riesman, Pergamon Press, 1969.
Non-Numerical Problem Solving, with R. Banerji, Springer Verlag, 1970.
Journals
Founder of Mathematical System Theory Journal, Springer Verlag.
Scientific Accomplishments
Founder (with Y. Takahara), Mathematical Theory of General Systems (Abstract Systems Theory).
Founder (with Y. Takahara), Mathematical Theory of Coordination and Multi-level, Hierarchical Systems.
Developer (with E. Pestel), of a family of Regionalized Multi-level World Models(Mesarovic/Pestel Model, WIM, GLOBESIGHT).
Designer (with A. Mesarovich) of a family of Reasoning Enhancement Decision and Negotiation Support Software System (APT, PSALM, ARISTOTLE).
Selected Recent Activities
UNESCO Scenario Analysis of Aral Sea Basin Water Vision and Sustainable Development: Water Vision Forum
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation project: Population, Water Scarcity and International Peace. (Nile River Basin/Egypt-Ethiopian Problematique)
Co-Director, Global-problematique Education Network Initiative (GENIe)
Papers
Too numerous to list.
Patents and Copyrights (Partial List)
Frequency Controller for Hydro Power Plants in Larger Electric Power Systems, with I. Obradovic, Siemens (Germany, Sweden, Japan).
ARISTOTLE Decision Support System, with A. Mesarovich, SAI.