Conant R. & Ashby W. R. (1970) Every good regulator of a system must be a model of that system. International Journal of Systems Science 1(2): 89–97. https://cepa.info/6403
Conant R. & Ashby W. R.
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1970)
Every good regulator of a system must be a model of that system.
International Journal of Systems Science 1(2): 89–97.
Fulltext at https://cepa.info/6403
The design of a complex regulator often includes the making of a model of the system to be regulated. The making of such a model has hitherto been regarded as optional, as merely one of many possible ways. \\In this paper a theorem is presented which shows, under very broad conditions, that any regulator that is maximally both successful and simple must be isomorphic with the system being regulated. (The exact assumptions are given.) Making a model is thus necessary. \\The theorem has the interesting corollary that the living brain, so far as it is to be successful and efficient as a regulator for survival, must proceed, in learning, by the formation of a model (or models) of its environment.
Feyerabend P. K. (1970) Against method: Outline of an anarchist theory of knowledge. In: Radner M. & Winolur S. (eds.) Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science, Vol. IV. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: 17–130.
Feyerabend P. K.
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1970)
Against method: Outline of an anarchist theory of knowledge.
In: Radner M. & Winolur S. (eds.) Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science, Vol. IV. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: 17–130.
Foerster H. von (1970) Bionics, critique and outlook. In: von Gierke H. E., Keidel W. D. & Oestreicher H. L. (eds.) Principles and practice of bionics. Technivision Service, Slough: 467–473.
Foerster H. von
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1970)
Bionics, critique and outlook.
In: von Gierke H. E., Keidel W. D. & Oestreicher H. L. (eds.) Principles and practice of bionics. Technivision Service, Slough: 467–473.
Foerster H. von (1970) Embodiments of Mind (Book Review of Embodiments of Mind, Warren S. McCulloch). Computer Studies in the Humanities and Verbal Behavior III(2): 111–112.
Foerster H. von
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1970)
Embodiments of Mind (Book Review of Embodiments of Mind, Warren S. McCulloch).
Computer Studies in the Humanities and Verbal Behavior III(2): 111–112.
Foerster H. von (1970) Molecular ethology, an immodest proposal for semantic clarification in molecular mechanisms. In: Ungar G. (ed.) Memory and learning. Plenum Press, New York: 213–248.
Foerster H. von
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1970)
Molecular ethology, an immodest proposal for semantic clarification in molecular mechanisms.
In: Ungar G. (ed.) Memory and learning. Plenum Press, New York: 213–248.
Foerster H. von (1970) Obituary for Warren S. McCulloch. ASC Newsletter 3(1).
Foerster H. von
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1970)
Obituary for Warren S. McCulloch.
ASC Newsletter 3(1).
Foerster H. von (1970) Thoughts and notes on cognition. In: Garvin P. (ed.) Cognition: A multiple view. Spartan Books, New York: 25–48.
Foerster H. von
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1970)
Thoughts and notes on cognition.
In: Garvin P. (ed.) Cognition: A multiple view. Spartan Books, New York: 25–48.
Glasersfeld E. von (1970) The correlational approach to language. Pensiero e Linguaggio 1(4): 391–398.
Glasersfeld E. von
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1970)
The correlational approach to language.
Pensiero e Linguaggio 1(4): 391–398.
Glasersfeld E. von (1970) The problem of syntactic complexity in reading and readability. Journal of Reading Behavior 3(2): 1–14. https://cepa.info/1311
Glasersfeld E. von
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1970)
The problem of syntactic complexity in reading and readability.
Journal of Reading Behavior 3(2): 1–14.
Fulltext at https://cepa.info/1311
Glasersfeld E. von & Pisani P. (1970) The Multistore parser for hierarchical syntactic structures. Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery 13(2): 74–82. https://cepa.info/1309
Glasersfeld E. von & Pisani P.
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1970)
The Multistore parser for hierarchical syntactic structures.
Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery 13(2): 74–82.
Fulltext at https://cepa.info/1309
A syntactic parser is described for hierarchical concatena-tion patterns that are presented to the analyzer in the form of linear strings. Particular emphasis is given to the system of “significant addresses” by means of which processing times for large-scale matching procedures can be substantially reduced. The description makes frequent use of examples taken from the fully operational implementation of the parser in an experimental English sentence analyzer. By structuring an area of the computer’s central core storage in such a way that the individual locations of bytes and bits come to represent the data involved in the matching procedure, the shifting of information is reduced to a minimum, and the searching of lists is eliminated altogether. The matches are traced by means of binary masks and the state of single bits determines the operational flow of the procedure. The method could be implemented with any interpretive grammar, provided it can be expressed by the functional classification of the items composing the input hierarchical structures.