Design for a Brain von W. Ashby | The origin of adaptive behaviour | ISBN 9780412200908

Design for a Brain

The origin of adaptive behaviour

von W. Ashby
Buchcover Design for a Brain | W. Ashby | EAN 9780412200908 | ISBN 0-412-20090-2 | ISBN 978-0-412-20090-8

Design for a Brain

The origin of adaptive behaviour

von W. Ashby

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • 1 The Problem.
  • 2 Dynamic Systems.
  • 3 The Organism as Machine.
  • 4 Stability.
  • 5 Adaptation as Stability.
  • 6 Parameters.
  • 7 The Ultrastable System.
  • 8 The Homeostat.
  • 9 Ultrastability in the Organism.
  • 10 The Recurrent Situation.
  • 11 The Fully-joined System.
  • 12 Temporary Independence.
  • 13 The System with Local Stabilities.
  • 14 Repetitive Stimuli and Habituation.
  • 15 Adaptation in Iterated and Serial Systems.
  • 16 Adaptation in the Multistable System.
  • 17 Ancillary Regulations.
  • 18 Amplifying Adaptation.
  • 19 The State-determined System.
  • 20 Stability.
  • 21 Parameters.
  • 22 The Effects of Constancy.
  • References.