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Variety (cybernetics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In cybernetics the term variety denotes the total number of distinct states of a system. The term Variety was introduced by W. Ross Ashby to denote the count of the total number of states of a syste...
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He extends the elements of the game to derive the Law of Requisite Variety. I found The Intuitive Self embedded in his immediate effects model of the law. Added emphasis appears in red, and my reactions are enclosed in a box: (Note 64)
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In 1963 Ross Ashby formulated the law of Requisite Variety: when the variety or complexity of the environment exceeds the capacity of a system (natural or artificial) the environment will dominate and ultimately destroy that system.
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One of the aspects of bioteams in nature is that... ... In 1963 Ross Ashby formulated the law of Requisite Variety: when the variety or complexity of the environment exceeds the capacity of a system (natural or artificial) the environment will dominate and ultimately destroy that system.
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These are passages from Ross Ashby masterful book Cybernetics (1956). The main purpose of this selection is to stimulate the reading of the full text (or of other relevant books on cybernetics) and to familiarize everybody with the Law of Requisite Variety.
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law of requisite variety. Dictionary terms for law of requisite variety in Latin, Latin definition for law of requisite variety, Thesaurus and Translations of law of requisite variety to Latin, English. ... No results for "law of requisite variety" were found in Latin...
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William Ross Ashby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
W. Ross Ashby (London, 6 September 1903 – 15 November 1972) was an English psychiatrist and a pioneer in cybernetics, the study of complex systems. His first name was not used: he was known as Ross ...
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