Cybernetics ; or, Control and communication in the animal and the machine

Cybernetics or, Control and communication in the animal and the machine

"Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of controlling the flow of information in systems with feedback loops, be they biological, mechanical, cognitive, or social. This book is widely cited for laying the theoretical foundations of information theory and influencing the development of erro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964, author (author), Hill, Doug, author of foreword (author of foreword), Mitter, Sanjoy, author of foreword
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : MIT Press 2019
Edición:[Second edition, 2019 reissue]
Materias:
Cybernetics.
Control theory.
System theory.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Original edition (1948)
  • Introduction
  • Newtonian and Bergsonian time
  • Groups and statistical mechanics
  • Time series, information, and communication
  • Feedback and oscillation
  • Computing machines and the nervous system
  • Gestalt and universals
  • Cybernetics and psychopathology
  • Information, language, and society
  • Supplementary chapters (1961)
  • On learning and self-reproducing machines
  • Brain waves and self-organizing systems
  • Notes.

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