Introduction to cybernetics. Ashby U.R.

In this book, written by a famous English specialist in the field of cybernetics, William Ross Ashby (1903-1972), the basic concepts of cybernetics are presented-the sciences of the general laws of management processes and information transfer in machines, living organisms and society. The author discusses the possibility of the widespread use of cybernetics in a wide variety of areas of human activity.

The book begins with the explanation of general, easily accessible concepts, and step by step, the author shows how these concepts can be clarified and developed until they lead to such issues of cybernetics as feedback, sustainability, regulation , coding, etc. The presentation is accompanied by a large number of specially selected examples and exercises, not requiring knowledge from the reader beyond the elementary algebra.

The book is designed both for specialists in the field of applied mathematics, computer science and cybernetics, and for representatives of other sciences interested in cybernetics and wanting to use its methods and apparatus in their specialty.