DIVERSITY GENERATOR

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Charles François (2004). DIVERSITY GENERATOR. International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 971.

Collection	International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
Year	2004
Vol. (num.)	2(1)
ID	◀ 971 ▶
Object type	Methodology or model

Any device which introduces new variations within a system.

A diversity generator produces generally random variations. Such a device is about the opposite of ASHBY's variety reductor.

It is basic for evolution, because some variations can be useful and be retained by selection.