Normative Strategies Research Articles

Modeling air pollution control as a large scale, complex system

The complex system which is involved in the generation and control of air pollution is examined at the level of a regional pollution control agency. An explanatory model of the system is constructed by seeking correspondence between elements of the mathematical theory of hierarchical, multilevel systems and elements of the real world. The formal structure of the theory is employed in decomposing the system and in suggesting possible normative strategies for regulatory agencies.