Kybernetes: Volume 27 Issue 2
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The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciencesTable of contents
Contemporary systems and cybernetics
B.H. RudallGives reports and surveys of selected current research and developments in systems and cybernetics including: Information society, Innovations, Human resources, Information…
Internet commentary
Alex M. AndrewComments on the Internet, giving details of new facilities and provisions that are of specific interest to systemists and cyberneticians.
Optimal environmental policy under imperfect information
Artemis Papakyriazis, Panagiotis PapakyriazisThe purpose of this paper is to examine the role of information structure in the design of the structure and parameters of an optimal regulatory mechanism. In particular, the…
Some complementary concepts of communication theory
Lars SkyttnerTo enhance the generality and usefulness of classic communication theory, some complementary concepts and ideas have been introduced and commented against the background of…
Food for trees: Man’s place in the tapestry of life on earth
Peter DudleyThis paper presents an argument relating to the relative importance of human life on earth. In Popperian fashion, a number of falsifiable conjectures are made and, using systemic…
Expert systems: An integral part of knowledge management
Jay LiebowitzKnowledge management is one of the hottest topics in organizations today. Much of what is being proposed and accomplished is not novel by any means. Techniques, tools, concepts…
Communications and forum: Abstract neural automata ‐ further considerations
Xi GuangchengThe purpose of this paper is to consider the following three kinds of cases: first, where a network of stochastic automata consists of a neuron of several types; second, where not…
The universal algorithm
Brennig JamesProposes that problems can only be solved by trial and error, since the second law of thermodynamics forbids any other means and that the embodiment of this process is a mechanism…
Popularisation of cybernetic concepts: the timely necessity of achieving reality and peace
M.B.S. CharPeople are living in the age of an information explosion. They are led to a crisis of confusion when they attempt to select required information needed to achieve their long…
