SWISS- an important expression of IFAC commitment to social responsibility

摘要

The paper deals with the application of systems engineering methods to international conflict resolution . Starting with the first ideas in 1981 the results of the IFAC SWIIS events until now will be reviewed and discussed. Finally an outlook on further development is given especially a new approach called MMAS -Multiple Multi Agent Systems as an extension of MAS -Multi Agent Systems, well known from production automation. Copyright direct C 2000 FIAC.