Some Problems in Cybernetics - USSR -

Abstract

At present, there is no generally accepted, synonymous definition of the term "cybernetics". However, we feel that much controversy over the subject matter and fields of application of cybernetics may be settled if we accept its definition as the science which deals with laws of control by means of complex dynamic systems. Such dynamic systems exist in unique form both in living things end in human society. These systems, capable of changing their state, are formed from a great number of simpler, interconnected and interacting complementary systems or elements. The state of a complex dynamic system, on the whole or with respect to its individual elements, is characterized by the value of one or several parameters which vary in accordance with different laws. The transition of a complex dynamic system from one state into another is called a process. The transference of a system from one state into another by acting upon its parameters is called control.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 17, 1960
Accession Number
ADA360682

Entities

People

  • A. I. Berg

Organizations

  • Joint Publications Research Service

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Control Systems
  • Economic Systems
  • Electron Tubes
  • Electronics
  • General Relativity
  • Health Services
  • Information Theory
  • Materials
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanization
  • Power Supplies
  • Production
  • Production Control
  • Productivity
  • Public Health
  • Ussr

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  • Educational Psychology
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design