Some comments on cybernetics and control

W.J.M. Kickert; J.W.M. Bertrand; J. Praagman

doi:10.1109/TSMC.1978.4309868

Some comments on cybernetics and control

W.J.M. Kickert, J.W.M. Bertrand, J. Praagman

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The theory of cybernetics as introduced by Ashby and developed by Ashby and Conant will be analyzed and commented upon. Ashby's law of requisite variety and, in particular, the underlying measure of optimality-the quantity of entropy-are examined. Next the cybernetic theorem of error control and cause control is observed, and finally the cybernetic theorem of the necessity of modeling for regulation is studied. In all three cases several practical conditions and restrictions for the applicability of the theorems to control engineering are pointed out.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	805-809
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Volume	8
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.1978.4309868
Publication status	Published - 1978

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