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Cybernetics studies control, feedback loops and information flows in technical and social systems. It provides abstract models for self-organization, adaptation and regulatory mechanisms and informs system architecture, organizational design and process control. Practically, cybernetics guides the creation of resilient, adaptive systems and feedback-driven o…
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Cybernetics studies control, regulation, and communication in biological, technical, and organizational systems.
Norbert Wiener reported that a research group involving him and Arturo Rosenblueth coined the term in summer 1947. Wiener's 1948 book brought it into print and defined cybernetics around control and communication in machines and animals.
A system measures state, compares it with a goal, reacts, and observes the result. Delay and gain can stabilize or oscillate.
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Cybernetic models clarify loops and side effects of delayed decisions. They complement empirical testing.
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