Kybernetes: Volume 31 Issue 2
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The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciencesTable of contents
What is cybernetics?
Stafford BeerAn address delivered at the University of Valladolid, Spain. Asks the Question‐What is Cybernetics?. Discusses popular notions and genuine difficulties. Looks at the origins…
Monitoring and early warning systems – a design for human survival
Lars SkyttnerTechnical means now exist to monitor, predict a danger and issue early warnings when something devastating is estimated to happen in the human environment. In order to adapt such…
Supporting sets for general systems
Guoyang LiuIn this paper, we introduce the concept of a supporting set for a general system. We study basic properties of supporting sets for a general system, supporting sets for subsytems…
Designing a superstructure for parametric search for optimal search spaces in non‐trivial optimization problems
Ralf ÖstermarkIn the paper we design a super genetic hybrid algorithm (SuperGHA), an integrated optimization system for simultaneous parametric search and nonlinear optimization. The parametric…
Homogenising Simpson's rule
Alex M. AndrewSimple modifications that can lead to increased accuracy, at least in the specific cases tested, are described for two forms of the well‐known Simpson's rule for approximate…
Approximating multiple integrals via α‐dense curves
G. Mora, Y. Cherruault, A. Benabidallah, Y. TourbierThis paper is intended to provide a numerical method for computing integrals of several variables. The method is based on a intuitive geometric idea relative to the meaning of…
Communications and forum: A cybernetic approach to the problem of cusp free‐surface flow caused by a line sink on a sloping bottom
B. Bouderah, H. MekiasIn the present paper we investigate a two dimensional potential flow produced by a submerged sink of fluid of infinite depth located at the vertex on a sloping bottom. We…
