Novikov Cybernetics

From Past to Future
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-27397-6
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 47, 115 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control

This book is a concise navigator across the history of cybernetics, its state-of-the-art and prospects. The evolution of cybernetics (from N. Wiener to the present day) and the reasons of its ups and downs are presented. The correlation of cybernetics with the philosophy and methodology of control, as well as with system theory and systems analysis is clearly demonstrated. The book presents a detailed analysis focusing on the modern trends of research in cybernetics. A new development stage of cybernetics (the so-called cybernetics 2.0) is discussed as a science on general regularities of systems organization and control. The author substantiates the topicality of elaborating a new branch of cybernetics, i.e. organization theory which studies an organization as a property, process and system. The book is intended for theoreticians and practitioners, as well as for students, postgraduates and doctoral candidates. In the first place, the target audience includes tutors and lecturers preparing courses on cybernetics, control theory and systems science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Novikov, D. A

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;7
2;About the Author;8
3;Introduction;9
4;1 Cybernetics in the 20th Century;11
4.1;1.1 Wiener's Cybernetics;12
4.2;1.2 Cybernetics of Cybernetics and Other Types of Cybernetics;19
4.3;1.3 Achievements and Disillusions of Cybernetics;23
5;2 Cybernetics, Control Philosophy and Control Methodology;30
5.1;2.1 Control Philosophy;30
5.2;2.2 Control Methodology;33
6;3 Laws, Regularities and Principles of Control;36
7;4 Systems Theory and Systems Analysis. Systems Engineering;48
8;5 Some Trends and Forecasts;54
8.1;5.1 Topic Analysis of Leading Control Conferences;54
8.2;5.2 Interdisciplinarity;58
8.3;5.3 ``Networkism'';65
8.4;5.4 Heterogeneous Models and Hierarchical Modeling;67
8.5;5.5 Strategic Behavior;76
8.6;5.6 Big Data and Big Control;82
9;Conclusion: Cybernetics 2.0;91
10;Appendix A: A List of Basic Terms;101
11;Appendix B: Topics for Further Self-study;105
12;References;107