Cybernetics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cybernetics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cybernetics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see Cybernetics (disambiguation).

Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to control theory and systems theory. Both in its origins and in its evolution in the second-half of the 20th century, cybernetics is equally applicable to physical and social (that is, language-based) systems.

Contents [hide] 1 Overview 2 Definition 3 History 3.1 The roots of cybernetic theory 3.2 The early 20th century 3.3 The fall and rebirth of cybernetics 4 Subdivisions of the field 4.1 Pure cybernetics 4.2 In biology 4.3 In computer science 4.4 In engineering 4.5 In management 4.6 In mathematics 4.7 In psychology 4.8 In sociology 5 Related fields 5.1 Complexity science 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links