Kybernetes: Volume 40 Issue 1/2
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The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciencesTable of contents - Special Issue: Selected papers from conferences of the Cybernetics Society
Guest Editors: Martin Smith, Bernard Scott
What is a symbol?
Bernard Scott, Simon ShurvilleIn order to develop transdisciplinary working across the disciplines, clear epistemological foundations are required. The purpose of this paper is to show that sociocybernetics to…
From the systemic view to systems science
Janos KornAfter the postwar years, the realisation that parts of the world, real, imaginary or abstract, can be seen as “related properties or objects”, the systemic view, has resulted in…
Elegant motion: The Senster and other cybernetic sculptures by Edward Ihnatowicz
Aleksandar Zivanovic, Stephen Boyd DavisThe purpose of this paper is to review the work of the artist Edward Ihnatowicz (1926‐1988), describing his approach to his artistic practice and his major works (including…
Cybernetics as the science of decision making
Helmut NechanskyThe purpose of this paper is to present decision making as the decisive activity of controllers, necessary to correct deviations from a goal value in controlled systems by…
Memory model of information transmitted in absolute judgment
Lance NizamiThe purpose of this paper is to examine the popular “information transmitted” interpretation of absolute judgments, and to provide an alternative interpretation if one is needed.
The origins of British cybernetics: the Ratio Club
Owen Holland, Phil HusbandsThe purpose of this paper is to describe the origins, members, activities, and influence of the Ratio Club, a British cybernetic dining club that met between 1949 and 1958…
Cybernetics and system dynamics: impacts on public policy
Michael KennedyThe purpose of this paper is to review the state of the art and practice of two strands of thinking encapsulated in the two disciplines of cybernetics (CN) and system dynamics…
Aspects of a cybernetic theory of tacit knowledge and innovation
Jon‐Arild Johannessen, Bjørn OlsenThe purpose of this paper is to facilitate understanding of the interaction between tacit knowledge and innovation.
The indirect effects of intranet functionalities on middle managers' performance: Evidence from the maritime industry
Mohd Daud Norzaidi, Siong Choy Chong, Mohamed Intan Salwani, Binshan LinThe purpose of this paper is to investigate whether intranet functionalities predict perceived usefulness, which in turn influences intranet usage and whether such usage affects…
A mixture model to estimate customer value for e‐services
Wei‐Lun Chang, Yu‐Ting HongCompanies have changed their focus from product oriented within marketing (1960s) to demand oriented within quality improvement (1980s) and, today, to an emphasis on customer…
Elementary sub‐atomic particles: the earliest adaptive systems
Grahame BlackwellThis paper considers a perspective on particulate matter as being formed from closed loops of waveform energy flow, consistent with observations by de Broglie, Schrödinger and…
Pansystems 0**‐logoi of philosophy, mathematics, technology, systems and society
Wu XuemouThe purpose of this paper is to state new formulation of the programme‐styled framework of pansystems research and related expansions.
Economic bios
Hector Sabelli, Lazar KovacevicThe purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of biotic patterns. In economics, markets are thought to tend to equilibrium with random and unpredictable deviations…
1. Conservation law of information and its application in evaluation and estimation of complex systems
Xiaojun Duan, Yi LinModel description, observations, and prior knowledge are the three main sources of information that are used for the evaluation and estimation of complex systems. Here, model…
Innovative systemic approach for promoting sustainable innovation for zero construction waste
Davorin KraljThe purpose of this paper is to focus on optimization of recycling of concrete from lightweight aggregates containing expanded glass and hard polyurethane (PU) and on the issue of…
Algorithms of optimal control methods for solving game theory problems
Anna Jadlovská, Kamil HrubinaThe aim of the paper is to present the theory and algorithms based on the methods of systems optimal control for a numerical solution of a defined mathematical model of a system…
An enhanced fuzzy H∞ estimator applied to low‐cost attitude‐heading reference system
Jafar Keighobadi, Mohammad‐Javad Yazdanpanah, Mansour KabganianThe purpose of this paper is to consider the process of design and implementation of an enhanced fuzzy H∞ (EFH∞) estimation algorithm to determine the attitude and heading angles…
Second thoughts on global warming
Alex M. AndrewThe widely accepted view that global warming is man‐made and largely due to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been disputed in a powerful and closely argued “critique” reviewed…
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- Prof. Dr. Gandolfo Dominici