Cybernetic Aspects in the Agile Process Model Scrum
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ANNIKA THEOBALD – 311228 DIJONSTRASSE 2, 75173 PFORZHEIM Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst DESIGN & KYBERNETIK – Von der Dekodierung zur Synchronisation der Systeme FÜR JAMES CARSE1 ABSTRACT 1. Rajat Panwar, Robert Kozak and Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Entwicklung eines Handlungs- Eric Hansen, For- ests, Business and modells zur Adressierung und Lösung komplexer gesellschaftlicher Sustainability, Fragestellungen – Der sogenannten bösartigen Probleme. 2015, S.11 Da es sich um eine wissenschaftliche Arbeit aus dem Kernbereich der Designdisziplin handelt, gibt das erste Kapitel einen Einblick in die Defi nition des der Arbeit zugrunde liegenden Designbegriffs, um so eine disziplinäre Verortung der Argumentation gewährleisten zu können. Es folgt eine Einführung in den Charakter bösartiger Probleme und die Erläuterung der Kernproblematik im Umgang mit selbigen. Anschließend werden die Kompetenzen der DesignerInnen beleuchtet, dabei vor allem die für die Adressierung relevanten. Da bösartige Probleme in ihrer Komplexität Teilbereiche ver- schiedener Disziplinen ansprechen und die Qualitäten der DesignerInnen allein nicht alle Anforderungen der Adressierung bedienen können, ergibt sich die Notwendigkeit einer Kooperation mit den Systemwissenschaften. Entsprechend der Darstellung der Qualitäten der Designer- Innen, werden daher auch die für die Adressierung entscheidenden Kompetenzen der Systemwissenschaften vorgestellt. Auf jene Qualifi kationen aufbauend, schließt sich eine schrittweise Beschreibung der im Rahmen der Arbeit erarbeiteten -
Existing Cybernetics Foundations - B
SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND CYBERNETICS – Vol. III - Existing Cybernetics Foundations - B. M. Vladimirski EXISTING CYBERNETICS FOUNDATIONS B. M. Vladimirski Rostov State University, Russia Keywords: Cybernetics, system, control, black box, entropy, information theory, mathematical modeling, feedback, homeostasis, hierarchy. Contents 1. Introduction 2. Organization 2.1 Systems and Complexity 2.2 Organizability 2.3 Black Box 3. Modeling 4. Information 4.1 Notion of Information 4.2 Generalized Communication System 4.3 Information Theory 4.4 Principle of Necessary Variety 5. Control 5.1 Essence of Control 5.2 Structure and Functions of a Control System 5.3 Feedback and Homeostasis 6. Conclusions Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketch Summary Cybernetics is a science that studies systems of any nature that are capable of perceiving, storing, and processing information, as well as of using it for control and regulation. UNESCO – EOLSS The second title of the Norbert Wiener’s book “Cybernetics” reads “Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine”. However, it is not recognition of the external similaritySAMPLE between the functions of animalsCHAPTERS and machines that Norbert Wiener is credited with. That had been done well before and can be traced back to La Mettrie and Descartes. Nor is it his contribution that he introduced the notion of feedback; that has been known since the times of the creation of the first irrigation systems in ancient Babylon. His distinctive contribution lies in demonstrating that both animals and machines can be combined into a new, wider class of objects which is characterized by the presence of control systems; furthermore, living organisms, including humans and machines, can be talked about in the same language that is suitable for a description of any teleological (goal-directed) systems. -
Generative Models, Structural Similarity, and Mental Representation
The Mind as a Predictive Modelling Engine: Generative Models, Structural Similarity, and Mental Representation Daniel George Williams Trinity Hall College University of Cambridge This dissertation is submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy August 2018 The Mind as a Predictive Modelling Engine: Generative Models, Structural Similarity, and Mental Representation Daniel Williams Abstract I outline and defend a theory of mental representation based on three ideas that I extract from the work of the mid-twentieth century philosopher, psychologist, and cybernetician Kenneth Craik: first, an account of mental representation in terms of idealised models that capitalize on structural similarity to their targets; second, an appreciation of prediction as the core function of such models; and third, a regulatory understanding of brain function. I clarify and elaborate on each of these ideas, relate them to contemporary advances in neuroscience and machine learning, and favourably contrast a predictive model-based theory of mental representation with other prominent accounts of the nature, importance, and functions of mental representations in cognitive science and philosophy. For Marcella Montagnese Preface Declaration This dissertation is the result of my own work and includes nothing which is the outcome of work done in collaboration except as declared in the Preface and specified in the text. It is not substantially the same as any that I have submitted, or, is being concurrently submitted for a degree or diploma or other qualification at the University of Cambridge or any other University or similar institution except as declared in the Preface and specified in the text. I further state that no substantial part of my dissertation has already been submitted, or, is being concurrently submitted for any such degree, diploma or other qualification at the University of Cambridge or any other University or similar institution except as declared in the Preface and specified in the text. -
The Artist's Emergent Journey the Metaphysics of Henri Bergson, and Also Those by Eric Voegelin Against Gnosticism2
Vol 1 No 2 (Autumn 2020) Online: jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj Visit our WebBlog: newexplorations.net The Artist’s Emergent Journey Clinton Ignatov—The McLuhan Institute—[email protected] To examine computers as a medium in the style of Marshall McLuhan, we must understand the origins of his own perceptions on the nature of media and his deep-seated religious impetus for their development. First we will uncover McLuhan’s reasoning in his description of the artist and the occult origins of his categories of hot and cool media. This will prepare us to recognize these categories when they are reformulated by cyberneticist Norbert Wiener and ethnographer Sherry Turkle. Then, as we consider the roles “black boxes” play in contemporary art and theory, many ways of bringing McLuhan’s insights on space perception and the role of the artist up to date for the work of defining and explaining cyberspace will be demonstrated. Through this work the paradoxical morality of McLuhan’s decision to not make moral value judgments will have been made clear. Introduction In order to bring Marshall McLuhan into the 21st century it is insufficient to retrieve his public persona. This particular character, performed in the ‘60s and ‘70s on the global theater’s world stage, was tailored to the audiences of its time. For our purposes today, we’ve no option but an audacious attempt to retrieve, as best we can, the whole man. To these ends, while examining the media of our time, we will strive to delicately reconstruct the human-scale McLuhan from what has been left in both his public and private written corpus. -
From Cybernetics to Construction Cybernetics“
Fachhochschule Kärnten Carinthia University of Applied Sciences Villacher Straße 1 9800 Spittal an der Drau Tel : 0043(0)5/90500-0, Fax: -1110 [email protected] www.fh-kaernten.at DEGREE PROGRAM „CIVIL ENGINEERING“ MM AA SS TT EE RR TT HH EE SS II SS „From Cybernetics to construction cybernetics“ Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the academic degree Dipl.-Ing. for „Civil engineering – Project Management“ Author: Lukas Gehwolf, BSc Registration number: 0810292014 Supervisor: Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Otto Greiner Second supervisor: Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Hans Steiner, MBA h.c. Spittal/Drau, September 2010 stamp of study program Statutory declaration Name: Lukas Gehwolf Registration number: 0810292014 Date of birth: 03.10.1981 Address: Markt 10 A-5611 Grossarl Statutory declaration I declare that I have authored this thesis independently, that I have not used other than the declared sources / resources, and that I have explicitly marked all material which has been quoted either literally or by content from the used sources. (place, date) (student´s signature) Introduction Introduction I would first like to thank all of those who contributed to the successful completion of this work. The completion of this paper would not have been possible without the help and support of countless individuals. I would especially like to mention my supervisors at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Otto GREINER (Professor of Construction Project Management), Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Hans STEINER MBA h.c. (Landesinnungsmeister Stv. construction industry, Carinthia) and Prof. PhD. Stuart A. UMPLEBY (Department of Management) at George Washington University, they supported me with their great dedication and many valuable insights. -
Management Cybernetics As a Theoretical Basis for Lean Construction Thinking
Steinhaeusser et al. (2014). Management Cybernetics as a Theoretical Basis for Lean Construction Thinking. Lean Construction Journal 2015 pp 01-14 www.leanconstructionjournal.org (submitted 08Aug2014; resubmitted 11Mar2015; accepted 28Mar2015) Management Cybernetics as a Theoretical Basis for Lean Construction Thinking Tobias Steinhaeusser1, Fatos Elezi2, Iris D. Tommelein3, Udo Lindemann4 Abstract Question: Management cybernetics claims that any successful organization responds to its laws. As there are numerous successful enterprises that use lean thinking as a management philosophy, including increasing numbers of construction companies, does this claim hold and if so, do these laws offer the opportunity to sharpen understanding of Lean Construction practices? Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of management cybernetics— specifically Stafford Beer’s Viable Systems Model—as a theoretical basis for Lean Construction thinking. Research Method: Review, analyze, and compare literature on management cybernetics and Lean Construction. Develop an example to illustrate such use. Findings: Through a theoretical approach of describing lean thinking rules from the perspective of management cybernetics, we were able to show that following this argumentation, the Lean Construction idea of Built-in Quality (BiQ) fulfills all requirements of a viable system in management cybernetics. Limitations: Only a small selection of rules is analyzed in this paper. Implications: Management cybernetics can help sharpen understanding when implementing lean thinking in an industrial context. It may also help identify new concepts that can be incorporated into lean thinking. Conversely, understanding lean thinking principles from the perspective of management cybernetics may also help to identify problems where the implementation of lean thinking does not live up to the desired results. -
THE BIOCYBERNETIC APPROACH AS a BASIS for PLANNING and GOVERNANCE Dipl
THE BIOCYBERNETIC APPROACH AS A BASIS FOR PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE Dipl. Geol. Gabriele Harrer Senior Systems Expert Management cybernetics & Bionics Malik Management Zentrum St.Gallen AG Geltenwilenstrasse 18 CH – 9001 St.Gallen www.malik-mzsg.ch E-Mail: [email protected] Keywords: Bio cybernetics, Complexity, Interdependency, Interconnected Thinking, Ecopolicy, Functioning Systems, Fuzzy Logic, Governance, Management, Pattern, Planning Tools, Resilience, Systems, Self Regulation, Self Organization, Sensitivity Model Prof. Vester, System Tools, Viability The last decades, with societies and economies mostly focussing on quantitative growth and at the same time wasting natural resources with linear production pro- cesses, are now culminating in a critical situation for our social, ecological and eco- nomical systems. Regardless that general consciousness about the interdependencies in our intercon- nected global world, caused mainly by the world wide web and effects of globaliza- tion, and also the knowledge about ecological contexts have grown, the use of this knowledge in our reality - in politics, governance, economy, education - is still miss- ing. It seems that something constrains fundamentally the necessary change in our modes of governance and planning. Until now, generations of scientists, politicians, organizations and individuals have been dealing with interdisciplinary questions, with the nature of complex systems, with models of complex problems and their possible solution – an actual example is climate research and the huge international climate conferences. But we have to recognize, if we want to see it or not, that real systemic and integrated solutions in order to govern our society towards resilient technical, economical and social developments are despite this big efforts not consequently designed or imple- mented. -
Complexity Theory and Conflict Transformation
Centre for Conflict Resolution Working Paper 17 Department of Peace Studies Complexity Theory and Conflict Transformation: An Exploration of Potential and Implications Diane Hendrick June 2009 Other titles in this Series International Conflict Resolution: Some Critiques and a Response Tom Woodhouse, June 1999 Working Paper 1 The Failure of State Formation, Identity Conflict and Civil Society Responses - The Case of Sri Lanka Sunil Bastian, September 1999 Working Paper 2 International Non-Government Organisations and Peacebuilding - Perspectives from Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Nick Lewer, October 1999 Working Paper 3 From Conflict Resolution to Transformative Peacebuilding: Reflections from Croatia A. B. Fetherston, April 2000 Working Paper Women, Gender and Peacebuilding Donna Pankhurst, August 2000 Working Paper 5 Psychological 'Conflict Mapping' in Bosnia & Hercegovina: Case Study, Critique and the Renegotiation of Theory Steve Gillard, October 2000 Working Paper 6 Confronting Ethnic Chauvinism in a Post-War Environment: NGOs and Peace Education in Bosnia Laura Stovel, December 2000 Working Paper 7 Developing an Online Learning Pedagogy for Conflict Resolution Training Laina K. Reynolds & Lambrecht Wessels, May 2001 Working Paper 8 Citizenship Education or Crowd Control? The Crick Report and the Role of Peace Education and Conflict Resolution in the New Citizenship Curriculum Catherine Larkin, July 2001 Working Paper 9 "All You Need is Love"... and What About Gender? Engendering Burton's Human Needs Theory Cordula Reimann, January 2002 Working Paper 10 Operationalising Peacebuilding and Conflict Reduction. Case Study: Oxfam in Sri Lanka Simon Harris and Nick Lewer, August 2002 Working Paper 11 Community Peace Work in Sri Lanka: A Critical Appraisal Dileepa Witharana, October 2002 Working Paper 12 NGOs and Peacebuilding in Kosovo Monica Llamazares and Laina Reynolds Levy, December 2003 Working Paper 13 Post-War Peacebuilding Reviewed. -
A Critical Look at Frederic Vester's Bio-Cybernetic Systems Approach
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Journal of Research Practice - JRP (Athabasca University Press) Published online by ICAAP Journal of Research Practice http://www.icaap.org 1(1), Article R2, 2005 Journal of Research Practice Volume 1, Issue 1, Article R2, 2005 Review: Can Nature Teach us Good Research Practice? A Critical Look at Frederic Vester’s Bio-cybernetic Systems Approach Werner Ulrich University of Fribourg, SWITZERLAND, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Address for correspondence: Sichelweg 41, CH-3098 Schliern, SWITZERLAND [email protected] Die Kunst vernetzt zu denken: Ideen und Werkzeuge für einen neuen Umgang mit Komplexität [The Art of Network Thinking: Ideas and Tools for a New Way of Dealing with Complexity.] Book by Frederic Vester (Language: German). Published by Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, Germany, 1999, (6th Edition, 2000), 315 pp., ISBN 3-421-05308-1, EUR 22.80. (Pocketbook Edition by Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (dtv), Munich, Germany, 2002, 348 pp, ISBN 3-423-33077-5, EUR 12.50) Suggested Citation: Ulrich, W. (2005). Can nature teach us good research practice? A critical look at Frederic Vester's bio-cybernetic systems approach. Journal of Research Practice, 1(1), Article R2. Retrieved [Date of Access], from http://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/1/1 This is a book review of a somewhat unusual sort. It aims to introduce to the readers of JRP a book that ought to have been published but never has--the English version of Frederic Vester’s The Art of Network Thinking. -
Downloaded” to a Computer Than to Answer Questions About Emotions, Which Will Organize Their World
Between an Animal and a Machine MODERNITY IN QUESTION STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF IDEAS Edited by Małgorzata Kowalska VOLUME 10 Paweł Majewski Between an Animal and a Machine Stanisław Lem’s Technological Utopia Translation from Polish by Olga Kaczmarek Bibliographic Information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book has been applied for at the Library of Congress. The Publication is founded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland as a part of the National Programme for the Development of the Humanities. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Ministry cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. ISSN 2193-3421 E-ISBN 978-3-653-06830-6 (E-PDF) E-ISBN 978-3-631-71024-1 (EPUB) E-ISBN 978-3-631-71025-8 (MOBI) DOI 10.3726/978-3-653-06830-6 Open Access: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 unported license. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ © Paweł Majewski, 2018 . Peter Lang – Berlin · Bern · Bruxelles · New York · Oxford · Warszawa · Wien This publication has been peer reviewed. www.peterlang.com Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................ 9 Lemology Pure and Applied ............................................................................. 9 Part One Dialogues – Cybernetics as an Anthropology ........................................ -
Cg 2014 Alexander D. Morgan ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
c 2014 Alexander D. Morgan ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ON THE MATTER OF MEMORY: NEURAL COMPUTATION AND THE MECHANISMS OF INTENTIONAL AGENCY by ALEXANDER D. MORGAN A dissertation submitted to the Graduate School-New Brunswick Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Program in Philosophy written under the direction of Frances Egan and Robert Matthews and approved by New Brunswick, New Jersey May 2014 ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION On the Matter of Memory: Neural Computation and the Mechanisms of Intentional Agency by ALEXANDER D. MORGAN Dissertation Directors: Frances Egan & Robert Matthews Humans and other animals are intentional agents; they are capable of acting in ways that are caused and explained by their reasons. Reasons are widely held to be medi- ated by mental representations, but it is notoriously difficult to understand how the intentional content of mental representations could causally explain action. Thus there is a puzzle about how to `naturalize' intentional agency. The present work is motivated by the conviction that this puzzle will be solved by elucidating the neural mechanisms that mediate the cognitive capacities that are distinctive of intentional agency. Two main obstacles stand in the way of developing such a project, which are both manifestations of a widespread sentiment that, as Jerry Fodor once put it, \notions like computational state and representation aren't accessible in the language of neu- roscience". First, C. Randy Gallistel has argued extensively that the mechanisms posited by neuroscientists cannot function as representations in an engineering sense, since they allegedly cannot be manipulated by the computational operations required to generate structurally complex representations. -
The Coherent Architecture of Team Syntegrity ® : From
THE COHERENT ARCHITECTURE OF TEAM SYNTEGRITY®: FROM SMALL TO MEGA FORMS Truss, J., Cullen, C. and Leonard, A. Team Syntegrity Inc. (TSI), 150 Yonge Blvd, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5M 3H4 E-mail: [email protected] Professor Stafford Beer’s book Beyond Dispute: The Invention of Team Syntegrity, (Wiley 1994) describes the invention of a group methodology for dealing with complex issues. Beer applied principles of managerial cybernetics to work out how to achieve high levels of ‘syzygy’ (cooperation and commitment) in groups that are large enough to satisfy issues of requisite variety, and small enough to accomplish something. The result is Syntegration®, a collaborative group process for thirty people that takes five days. In 1992, Team Syntegrity Inc. (TSI) was founded to find viable markets for Syntegration, and to continue the development of the methodology together with Beer. Delving deeply into the underlying geometry of the icosahedron, Joe Truss led the development of a suite of applications of the TS method that remove the constraints of thirty people and five days. Truss showed how the TS method could be used for groups of virtually any size, in sessions lasting from one to many days, without compromising the mathematical integrity of the technique. This paper describes the development of the TS protocols since Beer invented Syntegration and explains how the application of TS architecture and protocols can support viable, connected, self-organizing and truly empowered groups and learning communities. Keywords Syntegration, Management, Cybernetics, Community, Collaboration INTRODUCING TEAM SYNTEGRITY Since 1992, TSI and its growing international network of licensees and practitioners have delivered well over 100 Syntegration® events in many contexts, countries and languages, building on the early experiments and theoretical bases reported by Beer in Beyond Dispute: The Invention of Team Syntegrity (Beer, 1994).