DIPOLE
Charles François (2004). DIPOLE, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 931.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 931 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
- “The simple black box which has a single input terminal and also has a single output terminal” (M. BUNGE, 1979, p.254).
This a specifically cybernetic definition of a dipole representing “the simplest complete black box (which) is sensitive to stimuli of just one kind and accepts just one stimulus at a time… It acts just in one fashion on its environment and performs one action at a time… Any more complex black box is called a multipole” (Ibid).