An Introduction to Cybernetics - Softcover

Ashby, W. Ross

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1614277656 ISBN 13: 9781614277651

Publisher: Martino Fine Books, 2015

Synopsis

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1614277656
• ISBN 13: 9781614277651
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 306