cybernetics
Noun
Meaning
(biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Antonyms
Show all antonymsHypernyms
Related terms
Phrases with the word
Examples
If cybernetics is the science of control, management is the profession of control.
Hence we may recognize the subject of management cybernetics - which is seen as a rich provider of models for doing OR.
W. Ross Ashby is one of the founding fathers of both cybernetics and systems theory. He developed such fundamental ideas as the homeostat, the law of requisite variety, the principle of self-organization, and the principle of regulatory models.
Cybernetics is the study of systems and processes that interact with themselves and produce themselves from themselves.
Cybernetics offers a scientific approach to the cussedness of organisms, suggests how their behaviours can be catalysed and the mystique and rule of thumb banished.
Cybernetics is the science or the art of manipulating defensible metaphors; showing how they may be constructed and what can be inferred as a result of their existence.