Kybernetes: Volume 2 Issue 2

SATISFACTION PRINCIPLE IN MODELING BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS: Do biological systems optimize or satisfy?

MIHAJLO D. MESAROVIC, ROBERT ERLANDSON, DONALD MACKO, DAVID FLEMING

Satisfaction principle is introduced as a basis for explanation of the homeostatic behavior of biological organisms in changing environment. The principle is applied to explain…

SOME INFORMATION THEORY APPLICATION TO THE PHYSIOLOGY OF NERVOUS CELLS

A.B. KOGAN, O.G. CHORAJAN

By considering the nervous system as a type of communication system with reliable transmission of signals an attempt is made to use in neurophysiology the basic information theory…

ENTROPY IN INDUSTRIAL CYBERNETIC SYSTEMS

S. BÎRLEA

This paper considers the part played by entropy in systems pertaining to discontinuous flow industries. The main principle is that parts or the whole of the economy can be…

AUTOMATED ANALOGUE PATCHING USING LIST PROCESSING AND A HYBRID INTERFACE

D.W. RUSSELL

This paper describes introductory studies in self patching analogue computer systems. The problem equations are processed digitally and a connection word generated. This is then…

ON THE QUANTITATIVE FORMULATION OF THE HUMAN REWARD FUNCTION: Part I. Theory

GEORGE C. THEODORIDIS

An information‐like formulation of the human reward function is shown to be in qualitative agreement with some prominent features of human behavior. Individual events are regarded…

A PROPOSED MULTI‐VALUED EXTENSION TO ALGOL 68

D.C. RINE

Current digital hardware technology has been generally based upon the binary, base 2, number system; but, recent advances in the designing of base 3 circuitry indicate that there…

THE WALSH TRANSFORM—A NEW TOOL FOR CONTROL ENGINEERS

K.G. BEAUCHAMP

An introduction is given to the generation and use of new transform techniques which have important applications in binary control and processing methods. A comparison is made…