Kybernetes: Volume 1 Issue 1

CYBERNETICS OF AGEING

T.C. HELVEY

The process of ageing is discussed from the point of view of biocybernetics. In the first part of the paper analytical factors are enumerated. Later in the paper the…

AN AUTOMATON WITH BRAIN‐LIKE PROPERTIES

I. ALEKSANDER, M.C. FAIRHURST

Starting with a Moore‐type automaton the bases for a brain‐like sequential machine are laid down. The problem is considered both at the level of a physical structure and a state…

STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF A CLASS OF MULTI‐LEVEL DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

B. PORTER

In this paper, the stability characteristics of a class of multi‐level dynamical systems are investigated. Certain results concerning single‐loop multi‐level systems due to Levins…

SELECT PROPERTIES OF THE GRAPH MODEL OF A GENERAL AUTOMATON

ELDO C. KOENIG, TERRY J. FREDERICK

Select properties are presented for a graph model of a general automaton consisting of a processor, environment and time graph. The properties, stated in the form of theorems and…

CONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR A MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF GENERAL SYSTEMS

MIHAJLO D. MESAROVIC

In view of the increased domain of application of the systems approach there is a need for reappraisal of its foundations and a sharpening of the basic systems concepts. This is…

COMPUTER SIMULATION OF WORLD SYSTEMS:: Biogeochemical Cycles

RONALD E. MORGAN, ROGER WEINBERG

Through the use of computer simulation of three biogeochemical cycles—carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus—we have shown that DDT poisoning of ocean producers (plants) can cause their…