An Introduction to Cybernetics
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An Introduction to Cybernetics by W Ross Ashby
2015 Reprint of 1956 Printing. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Cybernetics is here defined as the science of control and communication, in the animal and the machine-in a word, as the art of steersmanship; and this book will interest all who are interested in cybernetics, communication theory and methods for regulation and control. W. Ross Ashby (1903-1972) was an English psychiatrist and a pioneer in cybernetics, the study of complex systems. His two books, Design for a Brain and An Introduction to Cybernetics, were landmark works. They introduced exact and logical thinking into the nascent discipline and were highly influential. Contents include: What is new -- Change -- The Determinate Machine -- The Machine with Input -- Stability -- The Black Box -- Quantity of Variety -- Transmission of Variety -- Incessant Transmission -- Regulation in Biological Systems -- Requisite Variety -- The Error-controlled Regulator -- Regulating the Very Large System -- Amplifying Regulation| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781614277651 |
| ISBN 10 | 1614277656 |
| Title | An Introduction to Cybernetics |
| Author | W Ross Ashby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Martino Fine Books |
| Year published | 2015-01-25 |
| Number of pages | 306 |
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