In this paper, the authors summarize recent results obtained by applying the Lotka-Volterra approach to problems in nonlinear systems analysis. This approach was developed at the Mathematics and Cybernetics Division of the GDR Academy of Sciences (Berlin); various applications have been investigated in collaboration with the System and Decision Sciences Program at IIASA.
This paper should also be seen as a contribution to the debate on future directions of research at IIASA, in particular possible research into the evolution of macrosystems
