Every good regulator of a system must be a model of that system †

DOI10.1080/00207727008920220zbMath0206.14602OpenAlexW4237718205WikidataQ56212209 ScholiaQ56212209MaRDI QIDQ5606189

William Ross Ashby, Roger C. Conant

Publication date: 1970

Published in: International Journal of Systems Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207727008920220

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