Kybernetes: Volume 40 Issue 9/10

A little known origin of cybernetics and some implications

The author reminisces about an experience in the 1950s that revealed a much earlier plan to set up a research centre with aims close to what later came to be called cybernetics…

Toward a cybernetic psychology

The purpose of this paper is to review the relationship between cybernetics and psychology.

Diffusion of innovative behaviour with social responsibility

Development or existence of human society depends on innovations and the end of one‐sidedness of behavior. The complexity of innovative processes has been widely studied, yet the…

Seeing a case study through a cybernetic epistemological lens

This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the knowledge that Beer's viable system model helps when applied to the study of change processes in organisations.

Daisyworld and physiological rein control

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the Daisyworld “parable” advanced by James Lovelock to account for the origin of global homeostasis, and to relate it to another type of…

Comparison of the Adomian decomposition method and the variational iteration method for solving the Lane‐Emden equations of the first and second kinds

The purpose of this paper is to provide a comparison of the Adomian decomposition method (ADM) with the variational iteration method (VIM) for solving the Lane‐Emden equations of…

Cosmic system dynamics: a cyberneticist's perspective on gravitation

This paper seeks to present a novel perspective on the interplay of forces that govern the dynamics of the massively complex multi‐body system that is our physical universe. It…

Foundations of a postmodern cybernetics based on Kabbalah

This paper seeks to lay the computational and mathematical foundations for a “postmodern cybernetics” based on ancient Kabbalah. This new Kabbalistic cybernetics is introduced to…

Small and large projects: their dynamics and which ones to take

This paper seeks to investigate the roles of small and large projects in the development and evolution of a commercial company and why companies with a history of taking on large…

Brazilian highways from slime mold's point of view

This paper seeks to develop experimental laboratory biological techniques for approximation of existing road networks, optimizing transport links, and designing alternative…

What creates innovation in a globalized knowledge economy? A cybernetic point of view

The purpose of this paper is to uncover processes and the corresponding social mechanisms promoting innovation in organisations.

Cryptography: A security pillar of privacy, integrity and authenticity of data communication

This paper seeks to advance research and strategies that lead to a heightened awareness of the need to protect data from disclosure, to guarantee the authenticity of data and…

The complexities of business school alignment with the emerging globalisation of business education

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate key implications of globalisation for business schools, and to put structural alignment of academic structures with the Bologna…

Bounds on the rate of convergence of learning processes based on random sets and set‐valued probability

Bounds on the rate of convergence of learning processes based on random samples and probability are one of the essential components of statistical learning theory (SLT). The…

Interest models and applications in analyzing the rise and decline of Qing dynasty

This paper aims to focus on the rise and decline of the Qing dynasty in Chinese history, and tries to explain the evolutionary phenomenon that when a dynasty became strong, it…

Determination of recruitment and transition strategies

This paper aims to describe the development and application of a manpower planning system for the Slovenian armed forces using a system approach, system dynamics (SD) and…

Examples of admissible simplification of mathematical theories

The purpose of this paper is simplification of some mathematical theories for the needs of school education.

Constructing a production exception handling system for the semiconductor manufacturing process

Facing keen worldwide competition, it is not enough for companies to pursue customer satisfaction; they must actively pursue customer delight. This paper seeks to design a…

Changing technology

This paper aims to review current research with particular reference to new research and development initiatives and examines some of the changes since 1971.

Rare elements and ecology

The paper seeks to review the undesirable side‐effects of some measures to protect the environment, particularly the results of increased demand for certain metals used in hybrid…

Brilliant Web Design – What You Need to Know and How to Do It

The Quest for Artificial Intelligence: A History of Ideas and Achievements

Handbook of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments

Routes of Learning: Highways, Pathways and Byways in the History of Mathematics

Information Retrieval: Implementing and Evaluating Search Engines

Cloud Computing: Principles, Systems and Applications

Greetings from Dr Bernard Scott (UK)

Benoît Mandelbrot – further notes

Forty years of Kybernetes

World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC)

ASC Elections

Special announcements

Steering into the future – personal greetings from Professor Ranulph Glanville

The Cybernetics Society

Greetings from individual journal contributors

Congratulations on your 40th anniversary

Editorial team profiles

IMA Mathematics 2011 – Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), London, UK, April 2011

Announcements

International Academy for Systems and Cybernetics Sciences

World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics

American Society for Cybernetics

Greetings from Professor Raul Espejo