Kybernetes: Volume 19 Issue 4

Contemporary Systems and Cybernetics

B.H. Rudall

New Communications Systems will Affect Computer Jobs? One of the constant worries about the new high‐tech developments that are announced with such frequency is their effect on…

A Theory of Information for Vague Concepts. Outline of Application to Approximate Reasoning

Guy Jumarie

By combining the subjective probabilistic viewpoint of fuzziness with the entropy of deterministic functions, it is possible to expand an information theory of fuzzy sets which is…

System and Time: The Function of Time in Meaning‐constituting Systems

John Bednarz

The enlistment of time is shown to become indispensable for the continued existence of complex systems in two ways. First, complexity forces the making of selections of meaningful…

A Framework Model for CAL Programs

Hussein Hadi Owaied, George Stylios

A framework model for the design and implementation of computer assisted learning (CAL) programs is described. The model is flexible enough to accept most domains and can deliver…

Communications: What is a Problem and What is an Original Solution to a Problem?

Brennig James

In a discussion of what constitutes a problem and its original solution, the concepts of Roman and Arabic problems are introduced. Most problems in the Universe are Roman and the…

Solving Indefinable Problems with Backward Utopian Iteration

R.W. Kaiser, G.J. Plenert

Not all problems are solvable using traditional problem‐solving or research methodologies, primarily because the problem defies definition. Backward Utopian Iteration suggests the…