The overall trend of modern science and technology is to  synthesize all areas of knowledge into a few major blocks. Another  characteristic is that the esthetic standard of scientific workers has  been changing constantly. They ask, How can they equip themselves with  the newest knowledge? How can they handle new knowledge, the amount of  which has been increasing in a geometric series?   According to Quastler, systems methodology is essentially the  establishment of a structural foundation for four kinds of theories of  organization: cybernetics, game theory, decision theory, and  information theory.   General systems methodology is a theoretical methodology whose purpose  is to realize the ideal model of a systems theory described by von  Bertalanffy, Quastler, and Zadeh - that is, to establish a  general theory applicable to explain phenomena in various specific  systems.   The present volume is a comprehensive and mathematical approach to  general systems theory. Topics explored are na?ve set theory;  axiomatic set theory; centralizability and tests of applications;  systems of single relations; calculus of generalized numbers; unsolved  problems in general systems theory.

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