Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
cybernetics law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Law_of_Requisite_Variety
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gptkbp:appliesTo |
control systems
management systems theory |
gptkbp:category |
physical phenomenon
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gptkbp:field |
cybernetics
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gptkbp:formedBy |
gptkb:W._Ross_Ashby
1956 |
gptkbp:hasConcept |
controller must have at least as much variety as the system it controls
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety
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gptkbp:influenced |
organizational behavior
systems engineering complexity science |
gptkbp:publishedIn |
gptkb:An_Introduction_to_Cybernetics
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gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:information_theory
gptkb:legislation feedback |
gptkbp:state |
Only variety can absorb variety
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:William_Ross_Ashby
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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