SYSTEM (Goal-seeking)
Charles François (2004). SYSTEM (Goal-seeking), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 3362.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 3362 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
- “(A system) that can respond differently to one or more different external or internal events in one or more different external or internal states and that can respond differently to a particular event in an unchanging environment until it produces a particular state (outcome)” (R.L. ACKOFF, 1972).
R.L. ACKOFF explains: “Production of this state is its goal. Thus such a system has a choice of behavior. A goal-seeking system is responsive, but not reactive. A state which is sufficient and thus deterministically causes a reaction cannot cause different reactions in the same environment” (Ibid).
Thus, a goal-seeking system is endowed with some measure of autonomy.
See also
Goal-seeking system.