law of requisite variety

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gptkbp:instanceOf cybernetics principle
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ashby's_Law
gptkbp:appliesTo control systems
cybernetics
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:W._Ross_Ashby
gptkbp:hasConcept controller must have at least as much variety as the system being controlled
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label law of requisite variety
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:information_theory
management science
organizational behavior
systems theory
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:An_Introduction_to_Cybernetics
gptkbp:relatedTo feedback
homeostasis
self-regulation
gptkbp:state only variety can absorb variety
gptkbp:usedIn biology
engineering
organizational behavior
psychology
gptkbp:year 1956
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ross_Ashby
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3