Description
In cybernetics, it is assumed that a system wants to be in control to get to a desired state. People usually want to feel like they “have control over their life”. Does this necessarily mean they have to control others? If so, you get into a competition mode, where people are fighting for control. But in this talk, I'll argue that there are different ways of being in control. You can try to control everything completely, or you can try to find synergies in your environment, so that you can develop yourself to the fullest, without standing in the way of other people’s development. One of the differences in control is the locality: you can either try to change things locally, or try to control everything. Another aspect is on how you act: you can adapt either your links/environment, the goals of your neighbors, or the methods of your neighbors.I will formalize this idea by generalizing Mesarovic's model of coordination. I will put different models of control in this framework, for example the theory of controllability and the neural network model. In controllability, you try to control the whole network, putting all nodes to a desired state. In models of neural networks, each agent tries to control its reference value by adapting its links with its neighbors. I call this self-organized control.
| Periode | 17 okt. 2014 |
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| Mate van erkenning | National |