In a recent note ''On Conservation Laws for Dissipative Systems'' anew
method of constructing conservation laws applicable to dissipative sy
stems was proposed. it is the purpose of this present paper to explore
how this new method, called the ''Neutral Action Method'', is related
to the concept of symmetry, and how it embodies the classical methods
for obtaining conservation laws of Noether and Bessel-Hagen which are
applicable only to Lagrangian systems. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Sc
ience Ltd.