CYBERNETICS AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOVIET UNION

Abstract

The report is an introduction to the subject of cybernetics, with special reference to its origins and ramifications in the United States and its subsequent development in the Soviet Union. As a survey document only, it was prepared to provide a non-scientific audience with sufficient background to facilitate appreciation of the potential impact of cybernetics on science and society. As in the United States, scientific research, military applications, economic planning, education, industry, etc., are affected by developments in cybernetics. Following a brief introduction, the report traces the birth of cybernetics and sketches its early development and its growth and emergence in the West. Soviet cybernetics is also examined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0602705

Entities

People

  • M. E. Maron
  • Roger Levien

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Brain
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Nervous System
  • Operations Research
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Social Sciences

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design