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In ancient times messages coming to the king of a large country from the
provinces were notoriously full of error, making governing difficult and often
hazardous. Historical research could show whether the messages from the most
distant ...
In ancient times messages coming to the king of a large country from the
provinces were notoriously full of error, making governing difficult and often
hazardous. Historical research could show whether the messages from the most
distant ...
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With an error probability of .1, naive subjects missed (error adjustment process) 4
percent, while practiced subjects missed only 2 percent; for an error probability of
.01 these figures were 13 and 13; and for an error probability of .001 they were ...
With an error probability of .1, naive subjects missed (error adjustment process) 4
percent, while practiced subjects missed only 2 percent; for an error probability of
.01 these figures were 13 and 13; and for an error probability of .001 they were ...
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And (ii) error filtering, in which certain sorts of outputs seemed to be used
preferentially, occurring more frequently than the others. This was because the
subject responded by pushing a specific button over and over rather than risk
missing a ...
And (ii) error filtering, in which certain sorts of outputs seemed to be used
preferentially, occurring more frequently than the others. This was because the
subject responded by pushing a specific button over and over rather than risk
missing a ...
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Contents
Tables of the Critical Subsystems | xi |
Preface to the First Edition | xxvii |
Outline of Chapters 3 4 and 6 through 12 | xxxvii |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Living systems |
| Author | James Grier Miller |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University Press of Colorado, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0870813633, 9780870813634 |
| Length | 1102 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Biological systems Science / Life Sciences / Biology / General Science / System Theory Social Science / General Social systems System theory |
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