PROTOCOL (Compacting a)
Charles François (2004). PROTOCOL (Compacting a), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2684.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2684 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
According to ASHBY: “The study of a system can thus be summed up in a few words: to discover the constraints, the statistical structure, in the protocol” (1958, p.201).
This is possible only if the protocol does not show absolute randomness, but on the contrary contains a certain amount of redundancy.
In this case, “… a recoding of the redundancies (or constraints)” (Ibid) permits a degree of “compacting” of the protocol and the discovery of some more or less permanent \term“{property}” of the system. This procedure permits the elaboration of simpler messages that contain all the information included in the protocol, but without redundancy.