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A Dictionary of Cybernetics
Annenberg School for Communication Departmental Papers (ASC) University of Pennsylvania Year 1986 A Dictionary of Cybernetics Klaus Krippendorff University of Pennsylvania, kkrippendorff@asc.upenn.edu This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/asc papers/224 A DICTIONARY OF CYBERNETICS by Klaus Krippendorff University of Pennsylvania version 2/2/86 A dictionary like the discipline whose terminology it aims to clarify is constantly in flux. It is aided by communal efforts and in turn aids communication within the community of users. Critical comments and suggestions, especially for including new or omitting useless entries, for improving the wording, for references that may need to be added should be directed to: Klaus Krippendorff The Annenberg School of Communications University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 19104 NOTE: This dictionary is not intended to represent the American Society for Cybernetics nor the opinions of any of its members: neither does it replace the current Cybernetics Glossary. Klaus Krippendorff has been kind enough to make his work available to ASC members in order to stimulate discussion on the language of cybernetics. as well as on the idea of a dictionary itself. ABSOLUTE DISCRIMINATION: ->LIMIT OF ABSOLUTE DISCRIMINATION ADAPTATION: STABILITY of success in the face of a changing environment. Two kinds of adaptation are distinguished. (a) Darwinian adaptation after Darwin who observed how organisms change their internal STRUCTURE when their environment makes existing forms no longer viable. E.g., Ashby's HOMEOSTAT searches for a new pattern of behavior as soon as disturbances in its surroundings drive or threaten to drive its essential VARIABLEs outside specified limits. -
Professlonal Engllsh Medlcl NE and Dlagnostlcs Навчальний Посiбник
MlHlcTEPcTBo освIти l нАуки укрА[ни Нацiональний авiацiйний унiверситет О. Г, Шостак, В. l, Базова PRoFESSloNAL ENGLlSH MEDlcl NE AND DlAGNoSTlcS навчальний посiбник КиТв 2015 ь- Еи_ встуII KypciB напря- Навча-гьrшай посiбrrик уrшадеrпш1 дIя студенть I_tv прог- му пi.щоmвки 6.051402 <Бiомедична iюrсенерЙ>, Назчальними (за професiйним. спряму- рамами мсциIIJIIни <<Iноземна мова i*.о*tо передбачено вивчення студеЕтами напряму <<Бiомедrтчtrа 1 ха- irженерiш десяти модулiв, що визначае струкгуру посlоника !а- Принципи побудови ракгер виIOтадеш{я навчаJIьного MaTepia,Try, посiбьм виповiдають також формаry Програми з англiйськоi курсу ESP l{о"" дrr" студекгiв немовних спецiа:ьностей, завданням та вимогам Болонського процесу. основна мета нrrвч€lJl"rrоrо посiбrпш<а - н2IвIIити майбугrriх фа- xl хьцьзбiомедщчноiiяженерiiосноВzl}\,IпрофесiйногоспiлкУвапня аrглйською мовою. Автори також ставиJIи перед собою завдання перекJlад/, рзвинути у оryдеrггЬ cTiйKi н{lвички читанЕя, реферу- в"r"{Я технiчноi лiтератури з метою oтриманIUI 1 використання rе- необхiдrоi дlя професiftrоi дiяльностi iнформачii,-ПосiбrшшС 0го можIIивlсть прове- умiшryе тексти дIя щrгff*щ що дае hiB навчаJъноrо деннЯ дисrсусЙ та максиIшаjБного заJýленrrя сryдекrЬ до завданrш з W2 процесу. Система вправ дозвоJuIс вимадачевi обиратлл ура- й**;" iнд.вiдrЙrло< здiбноСrей сryдеrrГiв (нагп,rсаШ11 Рефератiв, Ыш*ч* доповЙей викоIlrlнtlf рiзноманiпшо< коruунiмцiйшпоi вправ). TBopd шдл rив,m-Гьноiдiяльносгi, що гр5пrrуIorься ImypиBI@( з I*rJ,KoBo- ,"йrrrr* д""рел, пi,щrлrцrють моrшацiю сryдеrrгiв, а змiстовi iндшi- peaJБHolvfy жшггi ryашнi завдаш{я допомагitють розв!шrуш необхiдli В KoMyHiKжlrBHi навlrчr<и та здатнiсть до са},Iовираження, У посiбlшку викIIадено основи грitматики англйськоi мови. Слов- нrшс TepMiHiB до кожного роздiлу дOпомагае краще оволодiтк jIексичним матерiалом та дае змOry Еоповнити словниковии запас, засвоенtrя лексичного та rраматиqного матерiалу допоможе сту- сЕряму- деrrговi орiсrrryватиоя в zlнгломовнiй лiтераryрi фахового кIHIUI, брати участь у мiхсrародншr конфереrщiях, MODULE 1. -
Doktorska Disertacija
UNIVERZITET UMETNOSTI U BEOGRADU Interdisciplinarne studije Teorija umetnosti i medija Doktorska disertacija: Studije izvođačkih umetnosti: performativnost i funkcija telesnog gesta u pijanizmu autor: Marija Dinov Vasić mentor: dr Marija Masnikosa, vanr. prof. Beograd, jun 2019. god. Mentor: dr Marija Masnikosa, vanredni profesor, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Fakultet muzičke umetnosti, Katedra za muzikologiju Članovi komisije za ocenu i odbranu: dr Tijana Popović Mlađenović, redovni profesor, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Fakultet muzičke umetnosti, Katedra za muzikologiju dr Marina Marković, redovni profesor, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Fakultet dramskih umetnosti, Katedra za glumu dr Nevena Daković, redovni profesor, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Fakultet dramskih umetnosti, Katedra za Teoriju i istoriju dr Ivana Medić, naučni saradnik, Muzikološki institut SANU 1 Apstrakt Doktorska disertacija Studije izvođačkih umetnosti: Performativnost i funkcija telesnog gesta u pijanizmu je diskusija o telesnim pokretima (kinestetičkim gestovima) koje u svojim izvođenjima demonstriraju pijanisti, kako bi u jednoj sinergijskoj (auditivno-vizuelnoj) izvođačkoj formi otelotvorili muzičko-poetski sadržaj. Naučna rasprava izvedena je u formi fenomenološke studije, a za predmet istraživanja određena je pijanistička izvođačka umetnost. Temeljni postulati pijanizma sagledani su kroz prizmu njegovog esencijalnog fenomena – pijanističkog gesta. Definicija ovog fenomena izvedena je preko Šenkerove teze prema kojoj suština pijanističkog -
A History of Electroacoustics: Hollywood 1956 – 1963 by Peter T
A History of Electroacoustics: Hollywood 1956 – 1963 By Peter T. Humphrey A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Music and the Designated Emphasis in New Media in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in charge: Professor James Q. Davies, Chair Professor Nicholas de Monchaux Professor Mary Ann Smart Professor Nicholas Mathew Spring 2021 Abstract A History of Electroacoustics: Hollywood 1956 – 1963 by Peter T. Humphrey Doctor of Philosophy in Music and the Designated Emphasis in New Media University of California, Berkeley Professor James Q. Davies, Chair This dissertation argues that a cinematic approach to music recording developed during the 1950s, modeling the recording process of movie producers in post-production studios. This approach to recorded sound constructed an imaginary listener consisting of a blank perceptual space, whose sonic-auditory experience could be controlled through electroacoustic devices. This history provides an audiovisual genealogy for electroacoustic sound that challenges histories of recording that have privileged Thomas Edison’s 1877 phonograph and the recording industry it generated. It is elucidated through a consideration of the use of electroacoustic technologies for music that centered in Hollywood and drew upon sound recording practices from the movie industry. This consideration is undertaken through research in three technologies that underwent significant development in the 1950s: the recording studio, the mixing board, and the synthesizer. The 1956 Capitol Records Studio in Hollywood was the first purpose-built recording studio to be modelled on sound stages from the neighboring film lots. The mixing board was the paradigmatic tool of the recording studio, a central interface from which to direct and shape sound. -
Nkinformer December 2019.Pdf
The NKInformer A newsletter of the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research Donald C. Goff, MD, Director Antonio Convit, MD, Deputy Director Thomas O’Hara, MBA, Deputy Director, Institute Administration November – December 2019 Stuart Moss, MLS, Editor COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS The Memory Education and Research Initiative (MERI) Program Celebrates 17 Years of Service and 2020 Funding Front: Anne Schatz, Katie Brundage, Chelsea Reichert Plaska Rear: Antero Sarreal, Nunzio Pomara, Vita Pomara, Randy Hernando What is the MERI program? in the Geriatrics Division. A primary goal of the MERI program was to identify and provide early diagnosis The MERI program was started by Dr. Nunzio for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The program has Pomara (Geriatric Psychiatry) in 2003 with the help blossomed over the last 17 years and now follows of Dr. John Sidtis (Brain and Behavior Lab) and Dr. more than 1,200 individuals from Rockland County Lisa Willoughby, a former post-doctoral researcher and the surrounding areas. Community members Why is the MERI program unique? who take part in the MERI receive an extensive The MERI program is the only service of its kind in three to four-hour evaluation which includes Rockland County. According to the Rockland County neuropsychological assessment, a clinical Directory of Services, there are just two places that evaluation, and a psychiatric evaluation by Dr. residents can contact to get a free memory Pomara. Each participant receives a report of their screening: 1) the MERI program at NKI or 2) the performance on the neuropsychological assessment Alzheimer’s Association of Rockland County. While as well as recommendations. -
Towards a Cybernetic Foundation for Natural Resource Governance
Towards a Cybernetic Foundation for Natural Resource Governance A Thesis Presented to the Academic Faculty by Talha Manzoor In Partial Fullfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering Supervisor: Abubakr Muhammad (LUMS) Co-supervisor: Elena Rovenskaya (IIASA) arXiv:1803.09369v1 [cs.SY] 20 Mar 2018 Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering Lahore University of Management Sciences December 2017 © 2017 by Talha Manzoor To Marwa and her never-ending quest for adventure. Abstract This study explores the potential of the cybernetic method of inquiry for the problem of natural resource governance. The systems way of thinking has already enabled scientists to gain considerable headway in framing global environmental challenges. On the other hand, technical solutions to environmental problems have begun to show significant promise, driven by the advent of technology and its increased proliferation in coupled human and natural systems. Such settings lie on the interface of engineering, social and environmental sciences, and as such, require a common language in order for natural resources to be studied, managed and ultimately sustained. In this dissertation, we argue that the systems theoretic tradition of cybernetics may provide the necessary common ground for examining such systems. After discussing the relevance of the cybernetic approach to natural resource governance, we present a mathematical model of resource consumption, grounded in social psychological research on consumer behavior. We also provide interpretations of the model at various levels of abstraction in the social network of the consuming population. We demonstrate the potential of the model by examining it in various theoretic frameworks which include dynamical systems, optimal control theory, game theory and the theory of learning in games. -
Fruits of Gregory Bateson's Epistemological Crisis
Fruits of Gregory Bateson’s Epistemological Crisis: Embodied Mind-Making and Interactive Experience in Research and Professional Praxis David Russell Sydney and Blackheath, Australia Ray Ison The Open University, UK ABSTRACT Background: The espoused rationale for this special issue, situated “at the margins of cy - bernetics,” was to revisit and extend the common genealogy of cybernetics and communica - tion studies. Two possible topics garnered our attention: 1) the history of intellectual adventurers whose work has appropriated cybernetic concepts; and 2) the remediation of cy - bernetic metaphors. Analysis: A heuristic for engaging in first- and second-order R&D praxis, the design of which was informed by co-research with pastoralists (1989–1993) and the authors’ engagements with the scholarship of Bateson and Maturana, was employed and adapted as a reflexive in - quiry framework. Conclusion and implications: This inquiry challenges the mainstream desire for change and the belief in getting the communication right in order to achieve change. The authors argue this view is based on an epistemological error that continues to produce the very prob - lems it intends to diminish, and thus we live a fundamental error in epistemology, false on - tology, and misplaced practice. The authors offer instead conceptual and praxis possibilities for triggering new co-evolutionary trajectories. Keywords: Reflexive praxis; Experience; Distinctions; Critical incidents; Maturana RÉSUMÉ Contexte La raison d’être de ce numéro spécial « aux marges de la cybernétique » était de revisiter et d’étoffer la généalogie partagée de la cybernétique et des études en communication. Deux sujets possibles ont retenu notre attention : 1) l’histoire d’explorateurs intellectuels qui ont emprunté certains concepts à la cybernétique; et 2) la rectification de métaphores cybernétiques. -
Feedback Systems: an Introduction for Scientists and Engineers
Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers Karl Johan Astrĺ om Department of Automatic Control Lund Institute of Technology Richard M. Murray Control and Dynamical Systems California Institute of Technology DRAFT v0.915, 26 September 2004 c 2004 Karl Johan Astrĺ om and Richard Murray All rights reserved. This manuscript is for review purposes only and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without written consent from the authors. ii Preface This book provides an introduction to the basic principles and tools for design and analysis of feedback systems. It is intended to serve a diverse audience of scientists and engineers who are interested in understanding and utilizing feedback in physical, biological, information, and economic systems. To this end, we have chosen to keep the mathematical pre-requisites to a minimum while being careful not to sacri¯ce rigor in the process. Advanced sections, marked by the \dangerous bend" symbol shown to the right indi- cate material that is of a more advanced nature and can be skipped on ¯rst Ä reading. This book was originally developed for use in an experimental course at Caltech involving undergraduates and graduate students from a wide variety of disciplines. The course included undergraduates at the junior and senior level in traditional engineering disciplines, as well as ¯rst and second year graduate students in engineering and science. This included graduate students in biology, computer science, and economics, requiring a broad approach that emphasized basic principles and did not focus on applications in a given area. A detailed web site has been prepared as a companion to this text: http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/books/am04 The web site contains the MATLAB and other source code for every example in the book, as well as MATLAB libraries to implement the techniques described in the text. -
Gordon Pask's North American Archive At
Gonçalo Furtado and Paul Pangaro, Gordon Pask’s North American Archive: Contents Listing, New York: Pangaro Inc, 2008-9 GORDON PASK’S NORTH AMERICAN ARCHIVE AT PANGARO Incorporated: CONTENTS LISTING Gonçalo Furtado, PhD (Oporto University) and Paul Pangaro, PhD (Pangaro Incorporated) CONTENTS INTRODUCTION by Gonçalo Furtado (page 2 to 3) NEW CONTENTS LISTING by Gonçalo Furtado and Paul Pangaro (page 4 to 145) BOX 1 (A - F) BOX 2 (A - F) BOX 3 (A - F) BOX 4 (A - F) BOX 5 (A - F) BOX 6 (A - B) BOX 7 (A ) BOX 8 (A - F) BOX 9 (A - D) BOX 10 (A - F) BOX 11 (A - F) BOX 12 (A - F) BOX 13 (A - F) 1 Gonçalo Furtado and Paul Pangaro, Gordon Pask’s North American Archive: Contents Listing, New York: Pangaro Inc, 2008-9 INTRODUCTION For several years Gordon Pask has been one of my main research interests. My PhD dissertation at the University College of London provided a thorough account of his life as well as his long interchanges with the fields of art and design. The following document consists of a description of materials related to him that are held at Godon Pask’s North American Archive. British maverick Gordon Pask was a world-renowned cybernetician, awarded the Wiener Gold Medal from the American Society of Cybernetics for his contribution to the field, and who became closely associated with the rise of second-order-cybernetics. For a clear understanding of his perspectives, I recommend works by his close colleagues, such as Ranulph Glanville and Paul Pangaro. As Pangaro stated: “Pask’s achievement was to establish a unifying framework that subsumes the subjectivity of human experience and the objectivity of scientific tradition.”1 The substantial 1993 festschrift published in Journal of Systems Research and edited by Glanville2 comprises texts that express the diversity of fields touched upon and influenced by Pask, as well as a description of his publications and projects. -
Jens Glad Balchen: a Norwegian Pioneer in Engineering Cybernetics
Modeling, Identification and Control, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2009, pp. 101{125, ISSN 1890{1328 Jens Glad Balchen: A Norwegian Pioneer in Engineering Cybernetics Morten Breivik 1 Gunnar Sand 2 1Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway. E-mail: [email protected] 2The University Centre in Svalbard, NO-9171 Longyearbyen, Norway. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract This paper tells the story of Jens Glad Balchen (1926-2009), a Norwegian research scientist and engineer who is widely regarded as the father of Engineering Cybernetics in Norway. In 1954, he founded what would later become the Department of Automatic Control at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim. This name was changed to the Department of Engineering Cybernetics in 1972 to reflect the broader efforts being made, not only within the purely technical disciplines, but also within biology, oceanography and medicine. Balchen established an advanced research community in cybernetics in post- war Norway, whose applications span everything from the process industry and positioning of ships to control of fish and lobster farming. He was a chief among the tribe of Norwegian cybernetics engineers and made a strong impact on his colleagues worldwide. He planted the seeds of a whole generation of Nor- wegian industrial companies through his efforts of seeking applications for every scientific breakthrough. His strength and his wisdom in combination with his remarkable stubbornness gave extraordinary results. Keywords: Jens Glad Balchen, Servo Engineering, Automatic Control, Engineering Cybernetics, IFAC, NFA, DIANA, Ship Automation, DP, Cyberfish, Lobster Farming, Golden Feedback Loop 1 Introduction story can contribute to spreading the word about Jens' adventures and give inspiration to new generations of The son of an electrical engineer, Jens Glad Balchen control engineers around the world. -
رقم السجل اسم المؤلف عنوان الكتاب 1 Arthur A.Thon Crafting And
عنوان الكتاب اسم المؤلف رقم السجل 1 Arthur A.thon Crafting and executing strategy 1 John Van Devegte feed back control systems 2 Arthur A.thon Crafting and executing strategy 2 Charlest Phillips Digital Control system analysis and Design 3 Arthur A.thon Crafting and executing strategy 3 T.William Lambe Soil Mechanics,SI.Version 4 Arthur A.thon Crafting and executing strategy 4 Ferdinand P.Beer mechanics of materials 5 Arthur A.thon Crafting and executing strategy 5 Johan Van Devegte feed back control systems 6 David J.nyers Mobile video telephony 6 Richards.Figliola Theory And Design for mechanical measurements 7 Larry Long Introduction to computers and information processing 7 David J.nyers Mobile video telephony 8 Shan omayaji Civil Engineering Materials 8 David J.nyers Mobile video telephony 9 David J.nyers Mobile video telephony 9 Roy W.Goody PSPice for windows 10 David J.nyers Mobile video telephony 10 zvi kohavi switching and finite automate theory 11 David J.nyers Mobile video telephony 11 M.Ben.Ari understanding programming languages 12 David J.nyers Mobile video telephony 12 Robert A.stern principles of data processing 13 M.morris mano computer system architecture 13 David J.nyers Mobile video telephony 14 anthony.vedford engineering mechanics dynamics 14 David J.nyers Mobile video telephony 15 frederick.j hill computer aided logical design with emphasis on vlsi 15 David J.nyers Mobile video telephony 16 larry long introduction to computers and information processing 16 David J.nyers Mobile video telephony 17 David J.nyers Mobile video telephony 17 robert.astern principles of data processing 18 David J.nyers Mobile video telephony 18 w.g.mclean.b.s. -
Selected Papers (1972-1993) on Sentics and Manfred Clynes
DELTA LIFE SKILLSsm EMOTIONAL FREEDOM IS IN YOUR HANDS with EFPsm Integral Energy Psychology Phillip W. Warren, B.A., Ph.C., Professor Emeritus, A.P.O.E.C., Cert.Edu- K.,CC-EFT 4459 52A St., Delta, B.C., V4K 2Y3 Canada Phone and voice mail: (604) 946-4963. Toll free North America: 1-866-946-4963 EMail: [email protected] Website: www.rebprotocol.net U.S. mailing address: P.O. Box 1595, Point Roberts, WA 98281-1595 ∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x∆∞x SELECTED PAPERS (1972-1993) ON SENTICS AND MANFRED CLYNES Website for Sentics and Clynes: www.microsoundmusic.com/home.htm MicroSound International Ltd. 19181 Mesquite Court, Sonoma, CA, 95476 800 999 8344 (U.S. toll free) Table of Contents Page 1. On making great music 5 2. Measured response do emotions have shapes you can see and then 9 reproduce? Manfred Clynes's 'sentograf' finds distinct patterns in music as well as life: constructing a new giggle 3. Breaking the code of musicality 13 4. Key to expression: Clynes cites performer empathy as 'central fact of 28 musical meaning' 5. Tuning into the healing power of the emotions: sentic cycles 32 6. The joy (grief, love, hate, anger, sex and reverence) of music 41 7. The pure pulse of musical genius: The biological basis for sharing, emotion 52 8. Sentic cycles: the 7 passions at your fingertips 61 9. Manfred Clynes and the science of Sentics 70 10. Bibliography of sentics theory and the work of Manfred Clynes: 80 chronologically ordered 1958 to 1993 Selected Papers (1972-1993) On Sentics And Manfred Clynes - 1 The Following Figures are referred to throughout these articles Figure 1A Figure 1B Figure 1A: Essentic forms of emotions: When people are asked to push a button while they experience particular feelings, the patterns of pressure on the button approximate these averaged 'pure' forms (essentic forms).