Kybernetes: Volume 29 Issue 4
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The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciencesTable of contents
The definition of system
Alexander BacklundAmong the several definitions of system that exist, there are some that appear more commonly than others, although in slightly different shapes. It is argued that these…
Global stochastic optimization in hierarchical modeling of ligand/protein binding profiles
Alexander D. Varshavsky, Duane T. Birnbaum, John M. Beals, Bo E. SaxbergWe present a detailed explanation of a mathematical method and numerical technique applied to solve an irregular non‐linear fitting problem that results from attempts to model the…
System modeling with fuzzy plug‐ins
Witold Pedrycz, George VukovichIn this study, we introduce and discuss a concept of fuzzy plug‐ins and investigate their role in system modeling. Fuzzy plug‐ins are rule‐based constructs augmenting a given…
Reconstructing Maturana – Metaphysics and method
Colin DougallConsiders some of the puzzles and inconsistencies associated with Maturana’s metaphysics. We argue that such puzzles and inconsistencies largely arise out of difficulties of…
Decomposition method applied to hydrology
S. Guellal, Y. Cherruault, M.J. Pujol, P. GrimaltIn some papers G. Adomian has presented a decomposition technique in order to solve different non‐linear equations. The solution is found as an infinite series quickly converging…
Communications and forum: Integrated‐circuit chip databases
Edward T. Lee, Eddy T. LeeFour approaches (relational, network, hierarchical, entity‐relationship) to integrated‐circuit chip database design are presented with illustrative examples. Integrated‐circuit…
Asymptotic distributions of likelihood ratio criteria for two testing problems
C.D. BhavsarConsiders asymptotic distributions of likelihood ratio criteria for two testing problems: a covariance matrix with complex structure has quaternion structure; and a covariance…
