Alex M Andrew

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A Missing Link in Cybernetics: Logic and Continuity (2009)Hardcover - 2009, 4 March 2009

A Missing Link in Cybernetics: Logic and Continuity (2009)
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Part of Series
Ifsr International Systems Science and Systems Engineering
Part of Series
Ifsr International Series in Systems Science and Systems Eng
Part of Series
International Federation for Systems Research International
Print Length
139 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
4 Mar 2009
ISBN-10
0387751637
ISBN-13
9780387751634

Description

In this book I argue that a reason for the limited success of various studies under the general heading of cybernetics is failure to appreciate the importance of con- nuity, in a simple metrical sense of the term. It is with particular, but certainly not exclusive, reference to the Arti cial Intelligence (AI) effort that the shortcomings of established approaches are most easily seen. One reason for the relative failure of attempts to analyse and model intelligence is the customary assumption that the processing of continuous variables and the manipulation of discrete concepts should be considered separately, frequently with the assumption that continuous processing plays no part in thought. There is much evidence to the contrary incl- ing the observation that the remarkable ability of people and animals to learn from experience nds similar expression in tasks of both discrete and continuous nature and in tasks that require intimate mixing of the two. Such tasks include everyday voluntary movement while preserving balance and posture, with competitive games and athletics offering extreme examples. Continuous measures enter into many tasks that are usually presented as discrete. In tasks of pattern recognition, for example, there is often a continuous measure of the similarity of an imposed pattern to each of a set of paradigms, of which the most similar is selected. The importance of continuity is also indicated by the fact that adjectives and adverbs in everyday verbal communication have comparative and superlative forms.

Product Details

Author:
Alex M Andrew
Book Edition:
2009
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
4 March 2009
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 0.97 cm
ISBN-10:
0387751637
ISBN-13:
9780387751634
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
139
Publisher:
Weight:
390.09 gm

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