Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety

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gptkbp:instanceOf cybernetics law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Law_of_Requisite_Variety
gptkbp:appliesTo control systems
management
systems theory
gptkbp:category physical phenomenon
gptkbp:field cybernetics
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:W._Ross_Ashby
1956
gptkbp:hasConcept controller must have at least as much variety as the system it controls
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety
gptkbp:influenced organizational behavior
systems engineering
complexity science
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:An_Introduction_to_Cybernetics
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:information_theory
gptkb:legislation
feedback
gptkbp:state Only variety can absorb variety
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Ross_Ashby
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4