Mihajlo D. Mesarovic

Mihajlo D. Mesarović (born July 2, 1928 in Zrenjanin , Yugoslavia ) is a Serbian scientist. He was a member of the Club of Rome .

Life

Mesarović studied electrical engineering at the University of Belgrade and graduated with a diploma in 1951. In 1955 he received his doctorate from the Serbian Academy of Sciences . Mesarović worked at the Nikola Tesla Institute in Belgrade from 1951 to 1958 , later also in a leading position. He also works as a lecturer at the university there.

In 1958 he followed a call to MIT in the USA, where he worked for a year. Since 1961 he worked at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland , Ohio , where he held a chair in engineering from 1965 and headed the Systems Research Center from 1965.

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Systems theory

Mesarović did research in the field of complex systems , his approach was holistic instead of the reductionism prevailing at the time. His work also opened up the field of systems biology .

Second report to the Club of Rome

In 1974 he published the second report to the Club of Rome together with Eduard Pestel . The author of the first report to the Club of Rome ( The Limits to Growth ), Dennis Meadows , pointed out that further, more detailed models were necessary, which Mesarovic and Pestel now tried to deliver in their version. Your model is now divided more regionally. The simulation of various scenarios clearly showed that “cooperative behavior in the various regions leads to optimal solutions.” In addition, hunger in poorer countries is one of the main problems in the world.

Literature (selection)

Systems Theory and Biology . 1968, Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-642-88345-3
Together with Yasuhiko Takahara: General Systems Theory: Mathematical Foundations . 1975, Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-491540-X
Together with Eduard Pestel : Mankind at the Turning point . 1974. (German: Humanity at the turning point . The second report to the Club of Rome on the world situation. Rowohlt-Verlag 1974. ISBN 978-3-499169977 ).

Web links

Homepage Mesarovics at Case Western Reserve University. (Archived page, accessed May 3, 2020)
Mihajlo D. Mesarovic among the members of the Club of Rome.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e cf. Mihailo Mesarović's entry in the biographical database of the Munzinger archive . Publicly accessible part of the page accessed on May 3, 2020.
↑ cf. Mihajlo D. Mesarovic among the members of the Club of Rome. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
↑ ^a ^b Mesarovics homepage at Case Western Reserve University. Archived page, accessed May 3, 2020.
↑ Screenplays for the world catastrophe by Thomas von Randow from the weekly newspaper Die Zeit , No. 43 from 1974. Online article accessed on May 3, 2020.
↑ cf. Review by Mesarovic, Mihjalo & Pestel, Eduard & Mihram, G. (1977). Mankind at the Turning Point in: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics , pp. 73-74. February 1977. DOI: 10.1109 / TSMC.1977.4309596 ( Online at ResearchGate. Accessed May 3, 2020.)

personal data
SURNAME	Mesarovic, Mihajlo D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mesarović, Mihajlo D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Serbian scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 2, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zrenjanin , Yugoslavia

[bio-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e cf. Mihailo Mesarović's entry in the biographical database of the Munzinger archive . Publicly accessible part of the page accessed on May 3, 2020.

[2] . Mihajlo D. Mesarovic among the members of the Club of Rome. Retrieved May 3, 2020.

[cwru-3] Mesarovics homepage at Case Western Reserve University. Archived page, accessed May 3, 2020.

[zeit43-1974-4] Screenplays for the world catastrophe by Thomas von Randow from the weekly newspaper Die Zeit , No. 43 from 1974. Online article accessed on May 3, 2020.

[5] . Review by Mesarovic, Mihjalo & Pestel, Eduard & Mihram, G. (1977). Mankind at the Turning Point in: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics , pp. 73-74. February 1977. DOI: 10.1109 / TSMC.1977.4309596 ( Online at ResearchGate. Accessed May 3, 2020.)