Kybernetes: Volume 40 Issue 1/2

What is a symbol?

In order to develop transdisciplinary working across the disciplines, clear epistemological foundations are required. The purpose of this paper is to show that sociocybernetics to…

From the systemic view to systems science

After the postwar years, the realisation that parts of the world, real, imaginary or abstract, can be seen as “related properties or objects”, the systemic view, has resulted in…

Elegant motion: The Senster and other cybernetic sculptures by Edward Ihnatowicz

The purpose of this paper is to review the work of the artist Edward Ihnatowicz (1926‐1988), describing his approach to his artistic practice and his major works (including…

Cybernetics as the science of decision making

The purpose of this paper is to present decision making as the decisive activity of controllers, necessary to correct deviations from a goal value in controlled systems by…

Memory model of information transmitted in absolute judgment

The purpose of this paper is to examine the popular “information transmitted” interpretation of absolute judgments, and to provide an alternative interpretation if one is needed.

The origins of British cybernetics: the Ratio Club

The purpose of this paper is to describe the origins, members, activities, and influence of the Ratio Club, a British cybernetic dining club that met between 1949 and 1958…

Cybernetics and system dynamics: impacts on public policy

The purpose of this paper is to review the state of the art and practice of two strands of thinking encapsulated in the two disciplines of cybernetics (CN) and system dynamics…

Aspects of a cybernetic theory of tacit knowledge and innovation

The purpose of this paper is to facilitate understanding of the interaction between tacit knowledge and innovation.

The indirect effects of intranet functionalities on middle managers' performance: Evidence from the maritime industry

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether intranet functionalities predict perceived usefulness, which in turn influences intranet usage and whether such usage affects…

A mixture model to estimate customer value for e‐services

Companies have changed their focus from product oriented within marketing (1960s) to demand oriented within quality improvement (1980s) and, today, to an emphasis on customer…

Elementary sub‐atomic particles: the earliest adaptive systems

This paper considers a perspective on particulate matter as being formed from closed loops of waveform energy flow, consistent with observations by de Broglie, Schrödinger and…

Pansystems 0**‐logoi of philosophy, mathematics, technology, systems and society

The purpose of this paper is to state new formulation of the programme‐styled framework of pansystems research and related expansions.

Economic bios

The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of biotic patterns. In economics, markets are thought to tend to equilibrium with random and unpredictable deviations…

1. Conservation law of information and its application in evaluation and estimation of complex systems

Model description, observations, and prior knowledge are the three main sources of information that are used for the evaluation and estimation of complex systems. Here, model…

Innovative systemic approach for promoting sustainable innovation for zero construction waste

The purpose of this paper is to focus on optimization of recycling of concrete from lightweight aggregates containing expanded glass and hard polyurethane (PU) and on the issue of…

Algorithms of optimal control methods for solving game theory problems

The aim of the paper is to present the theory and algorithms based on the methods of systems optimal control for a numerical solution of a defined mathematical model of a system…

An enhanced fuzzy H∞ estimator applied to low‐cost attitude‐heading reference system

The purpose of this paper is to consider the process of design and implementation of an enhanced fuzzy H_∞ (EFH_∞) estimation algorithm to determine the attitude and heading angles…

Second thoughts on global warming

The widely accepted view that global warming is man‐made and largely due to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been disputed in a powerful and closely argued “critique” reviewed…

Random Dynamical Systems – Theory and Applications

Adaptive Project Framework: Managing Complexity in the Face of Uncertainty

TestFrame: An Approach to Structured Testing

Glitch: The Hidden Impact of Faulty Software

INTERACT 2011

40th Anniversary Volume – Issues 1-10, 2011

Benoit Mandelbrot: 20 November 1924-14 October 2010

The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future

Knowledge-based Intelligent System Advancements: Systemic and Cybernetic Approaches

Handbook of Business Process Management 2 – Strategic Alignment, Governance People and Culture

Announcements

Call for participation 3rd ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems

Condolences and tributes

The 11th International Symposium on Applications and the Internet – SAINT 2011

Conference Report

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era

The 40th Annual Conference – 2011 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP-2011)

Selected papers from conferences of the Cybernetics Society

Awards for excellence

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

Handbook of Business Process Management – Introduction, Methods and Information Systems

15th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems of WOSC joint with 2011 IEEE International Conference on Grey Systems and Intelligent Services

Call for participation:COMPSAC & SAINT 2011Munich, Germany – July 18-22, 2011

A world brought forth with others?