Cybernetics: Fundamentals and Applications

The study of cybernetics encompasses a wide range of topics and is primarily concerned with cyclical causal processes like feedback. Norbert Wiener gave the field its name after an example of circular causal feedback: the process of steering a ship, in which the helmsman adjusts the ship's steering in reaction to the effect it is perceived as having. This enables the ship to maintain a constant course despite disruptions such as crosswinds or the tide.

How You Will Benefit

(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:

Chapter 1: Cybernetics

Chapter 2: Systems theory

Chapter 3: Norbert Wiener

Chapter 4: Heinz von Foerster

Chapter 5: Self-organization

Chapter 6: W. Ross Ashby

Chapter 7: Second-order cybernetics

Chapter 8: Sociocybernetics

Chapter 9: Biocybernetics

Chapter 10: Macy conferences

(II) Answering the public top questions about cybernetics.

(III) Real world examples for the usage of cybernetics in many fields.

(IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of cybernetics' technologies.

Who This Book Is For

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of cybernetics.