Novikov D.A. Cybernetics: From Past to Future

Springer, 2016. — 107 p. — ISBN10: 3319273965Serves as a brief “navigator” across the history of cybernetics, its state-of-the-art and prospects
Presents the correlation of cybernetics with the philosophy and methodology of control, as well as with system theory and systems analysis
Intended for theoreticians and practitioners, as well as for students, postgraduates and doctoral candidates in cybernetics, control theory, system theory and systems analysisThis book is a concise navigator across the history of cybernetics, its state-of-the-art and prospects. The evolution of cybernetics (from N. Wiener to the present day) and the reasons of its ups and downs are presented. The correlation of cybernetics with the philosophy and methodology of control, as well as with system theory and systems analysis is clearly demonstrated.The book presents a detailed analysis focusing on the modern trends of research in cybernetics. A new development stage of cybernetics (the so-called cybernetics 2.0) is discussed as a science on general regularities of systems organization and control. The author substantiates the topicality of elaborating a new branch of cybernetics, i.e. organization theory which studies an organization as a property, process and system.The book is intended for theoreticians and practitioners, as well as for students, postgraduates and doctoral candidates. In the first place, the target audience includes tutors and lecturers preparing courses on cybernetics, control theory and systems science.Topics
Computational Intelligence
Systems Theory, Control
Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control
System Performance and Evaluation
Control