Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety
GPTKB entity
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
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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
cybernetics systems theory |
| gptkbp:category |
physical phenomenon
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| gptkbp:formedBy |
gptkb:W._Ross_Ashby
1956 |
| gptkbp:hasConcept |
controller must have at least as much variety as the system being controlled
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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
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:Management_Cybernetics
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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