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Cybernetics and development.
Cybernetics and Development deals with the ways in which growing and developing biological systems control themselves during development. It is a preliminary attempt to apply some of the insights and techniques of cybernetics to the problem of understanding such development and its control. The book...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford,
Pergamon Press
[1966]
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| Edición: | [1st ed.]. |
| Colección: | International series of monographs on pure and applied biology. Division, Zoology ;
v. 29. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Cybernetics and Development; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. THE CYBERNETIC APPROACH; Introduction; The Nature of Cybernetics; Criticisms of Cybernetics; References; CHAPTER 2. THE PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT; The Relevance of Cybernetics; Background in Biology; An Axiomatisation of Development; Some Basic Problems; References; CHAPTER 3. CYBERNETICS AND DEVELOPMENT; Cybernetic Models of Development; Models of Self-reproduction; Evolution, Learning, and Development; References; CHAPTER 4. INFORMATION THEORY AND DEVELOPMENT
- Amount of Information in the OrganismChanges in Information Content during Development; Preformation and Epigenesis; General Discussion; References; CHAPTER 5. DEVELOPMENT ON THE COMPUTER; Programming Development; Some Basic Models; Towards Greater Complexity; References; CHAPTER 6. GROWING AUTOMATA NETS; Design for a Zygote; Some Algorithms for Development; The Nucleus and its Environments; References; CHAPTER 7. THE CONTROL OF PATTERN; A Model of Pattern Control; A Genetic Interpretation of the Model; References; CHAPTER 8. DISCUSSION; Self-reference in Development
- Development into ComplexityPossibilities for Further Research; Concluding Remarks; References; APPENDIX 1: NATIONAL-ELLIOTT 803 INSTRUCTION CODE; APPENDIX 2: INFORMATION THEORY; References; APPENDIX 3: TURING MACHINES; References; APPENDIX 4: THE JACOB AND MONOD WORK; References; INDEX