CYBERNETICS (Second)
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 788 ▶ |
| Object type | General information |
The cybernetics of deviation-amplifying processes.
This development of cybernetics, centered on positive feedbacks, was introduced by M. MARUYAMA (1963, p.164-79, or in J. MILSUM (Ed.), 1968).
It considers the conditions that permit the amplification of small initial deviations until very considerable, and sometimes runaway effects are produced.
This is quite at variance with control cybernetics, whose aim is precisely to maintain processes and systems within their stability channels.
MARUYAMA also considers the cases where various amplifying processes interfere, causing progressive structuration (See: “Causal process (Mutual”)
MARUYAMA's model has been confirmed in a different way through I. PRIGOGINE's dissipative structuration model.
It is also a kind of cellular automaton.