KNOWLEDGE (Law of requisite)
Charles François (2004). KNOWLEDGE (Law of requisite), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1828.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1828 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Methodology or model |
- “In order to adequately compensate perturbations, a control system must ”know“ which action to select from the variety of available actions” (F. HEYLIGHEN, 1992a, p.9).
F. HEYLIGHEN comments: “This principle reminds us that a variety of actions is not sufficient for effective control: the system must be able to (vicariously) select an appropriate one”.
Such an ability seems to be basically a matter of learning, possibly at least at the beginning by trial and error. Later on, a repertory of adequate responses accumulates and the system becomes progressively abler to adapt itself to a great variety of disturbances.
The construction of the repertory is obtained by reducing the internal redundancy of the system, in accordance with the order by noise principle.