Tools for Thought |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 18
Page 80
Conrad Hal Waddington. 6 Feed - back in Systems A. Sequences In most of the open systems in which one is likely to be interested , the entering materials ( the inputs ) are processed through ... Feed-back; Chain Reactions; Negative Feed-back.
Conrad Hal Waddington. 6 Feed - back in Systems A. Sequences In most of the open systems in which one is likely to be interested , the entering materials ( the inputs ) are processed through ... Feed-back; Chain Reactions; Negative Feed-back.
Page 86
... feed - back is one in which the presence of one component in a chain , such as D , acts in some way to slow up the flow through an earlier step in the chain , say from B to C , by as it were throttling down that pipe to some extent ...
... feed - back is one in which the presence of one component in a chain , such as D , acts in some way to slow up the flow through an earlier step in the chain , say from B to C , by as it were throttling down that pipe to some extent ...
Page 88
... feed - back ) or to stabilize it ( by negative feed - back ) , as we saw in the simple unbranched sequences . If in such a network one of the channels of communications becomes constricted , the flow will just go round it , along one or ...
... feed - back ) or to stabilize it ( by negative feed - back ) , as we saw in the simple unbranched sequences . If in such a network one of the channels of communications becomes constricted , the flow will just go round it , along one or ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A. N. Whitehead actually alternative attractor surface behaviour better biology C. H. Waddington CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ cent chreod Club of Rome complex systems components course critical path analysis CRUZ The University curve deal diagram discussed effect epigenetic landscape estimates example experience exploratory forecasting exponential exponential growth factors feed-back flats future Games Theory genes give growth happen homeorhesis human ideas important increase Information Theory input instance instructions interactions involved John Platt kind large number lock-in mathematical means measure move operational research organized particular pattern pay-off table perhaps philosophy pollution population practical Prisoner's Dilemma problem processes produce relevance tree schismogenesis scientific method scientists sequence simple simulation situation sort stability statistics step strategy symmetry techniques technological things tion turn types UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA usually variables whole worm zero-sum