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Missing Link in Cybernetics
Alex M. Andrew
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Description for Missing Link in Cybernetics
hardcover. Unconventional and challenging viewpoints are presented in this book that will be of interest to researchers in AI, psychology, cybernetics and systems science. The book systematically advances an alternative approach to analyze and model intelligence. Series: IFSR International Series on Systems Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 139 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 870.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
139
Condition
New
Series
IFSR International Series on Systems Science and Engineering
Number of Pages
139
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387751634
SKU
V9780387751634
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Reviews for Missing Link in Cybernetics
From the reviews: "The work is a brilliant survey of the different theories concerning cognition, including viewing it as a fractal phenomena … . Andrew’s greatest achievement is precisely summarizing all these mathematical works into a single book, from which readers may choose the line of research that seems more appealing to them. … I recommend this book mostly ... Read more