Kybernetes: Volume 14 Issue 3
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The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciencesTable of contents
Contemporary Cybernetics
A new artificial intelligence (AI) project in Israel. A national centre for artificial intelligence, which covers the fields of computer science, neurosciences and psychology, has…
INTRODUCTION TO OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY
Y. CHERRUAULT, J. GALLEGOOptimal Control theory is concerned with the problem of how to govern systems. Its purpose is to determine the best actions by which a given system can reach or maintain a…
SOME HEURISTICS FOR THE DISCRETE TIME‐PROPORTIONAL DEMAND INVENTORY PROBLEM
F.J. Arcelus, G. SrinivasanThis paper develops heuristics for the discrete‐time‐proportional demand inventory problem. In addition to the traditional minimal cost objective, return on investment in…
SOLVING THE SRAFFIAN SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION VIA THE USE OF A COMPUTER MODEL
S.A. MAJIDThis study is conducted to determine a method of solving the Sraffian set of equations of production, using a computer model. Sraffa's theory is based on a very simple model of an…
CHAOTIC DYNAMICS OF INFORMATION PROCESSING WITH RELEVANCE TO COGNITIVE BRAIN FUNCTIONS
John S. NicolisThe human mind possesses the unique capability of “mapping” the external (as well as part of the organism's internal) world i.e. it “compresses” long and complex strings of…
RECOLLECTION ERROR OF HIGHER‐ORDER CORRELATION MATRIX CONTINUOUS‐TYPE ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY
AKIRA SHIOZAKIThis paper discusses the recollection ability of a higher‐order correlation matrix continuous‐type associative memory in which each memorized pattern consists of real elements…
AN AETIOPATHOGENETIC HYPOTHESIS OF CAUSATIVE FACTORS OF TINNITUS
G.F. DACQUINO, A.E. MÜLLER, M. PISSARELLOThis paper deals with a new hypothesis concerning the genesis of tinnitus. This disease has been investigated by many researchers but its origin and mechanisms involved are still…
A GENERAL MODEL OF SKELETAL MUSCULAR CONTRACTION: Part I: Calcium turnover
Fr. A. VALENTINI, P.P. NELSONThe proposed mathematical model describes in a simple and universal way the calcium turnover during muscular contraction; it realizes a synthesis between fragmentary and…
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