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Design for a Brain: The Origin of Adaptive Behavior

Design for a Brain: The Origin of Adaptive Behavior - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:W. Ross AshbyPublish date:2014-12-26Pages:298
Language:EnglishPublisher:Martino Fine BooksISBN-13:9781614277569ISBN-10:1614277567UPC:9781614277569Book Category:Computers, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Hardware, Artificial Intelligence, AutomationBook Topic:Cell Phones & DevicesSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC8YEACJVF
2014 Reprint of 1960 Second and Revised Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. W. Ross Ashby was an English psychiatrist and a pioneer in cybernetics, the study of complex systems. His two books, "Design for a Brain" and "An Introduction to Cybernetics", were landmark works. They introduced exact and logical thinking into the nascent discipline and were highly influential. This work begins with the premise that the nervous system behaves adaptively and the hypothesis that it is essentially mechanistic; it assumes that these two data are not irreconcilable. It proceeds by first developing an adequately rigorous logic of mechanism, considering such topics as dynamic systems, stability and homeostasis. It then applies this logic to the behaviors of living organisms, and shows that we may deduce that certain types of behavior must be produced by certain types of mechanism.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Martino Fine BooksISBN-13:9781614277569ISBN-10:1614277567UPC:9781614277569Book Category:Computers, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Hardware, Artificial Intelligence, AutomationBook Topic:Cell Phones & DevicesSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC8YEACJVF
Publisher: Martino Fine Books

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