Survey of cybernetics : a tribute to Dr. Norbert Wiener / edited by J. Rose.

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1969
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London : Iliffe Books, 1969.

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11, 391 pages 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 25 cm

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Includes bibliographic references and index
On t.p.: A volume dedicated to the memory of the 'father' of cybernetics, Dr. Norbert Wiener
Also published New York : Gordon and Breach, 1969.
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Polytechnic of East London Note: Formerly in the Charles Myers Library at the National Institute of Industrial Psychology

Contents

Prologue: What is cybernetics? by G. R. Boulanger.--The tools of the cybernetic revolution, by S. Demczynski.--What a robot can and cannot do, by J. F. Schuh.--Contemporary cybernetics, by V. M. Glushkov.--Behavioural cybernetics, by F. H. George.--Neurocybernetics, by W. G. Walter.--Medical cybernetics, by J. H. Clark.--Cybernetics and information, by A. M. Rosie.--Learning and teaching systems, by G. Pask.--Models of development, by M. J. Apter.--Artificial intelligence control, by C. T. Leondes and J. M. Mendel.--Cybernetics and process control, by V. Strejc.--Cybernetics and industrial processes, by D. B. Foster.--Cybernetics and ergonomics, by D. A. Bell.--Information storage and retrieval, by N. S. Prywes.--Management cybernetics by A. Crawford.--The structure of disorder, by R. W. Revans.--Cybernetics, technological barriers and education, by J. Rose.--Epilogue: Prospects of the cybernetic age, by S. Beer

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  • 0592039412