COUPLING (De-)
Charles François (2004). COUPLING (De-), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 738.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 738 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
Mode of protection from environmental disturbances by way of an isolating device.
This is not a regulation but merely an unilateral defence against some specific kind of environmental disturbance. An example is the shell of a tortoise.
Of course, this type of device prevents any interaction with the environment, included some that could be useful. The decoupling capacity is generally a property of the boundary of the system.