By a state of a system is meant any well-defined condition or property that can be recognised if it occurs again. Every system will naturally have ma… - W. Ross Ashby

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By a state of a system is meant any well-defined condition or property that can be recognised if it occurs again. Every system will naturally have many possible states.

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About W. Ross Ashby

W. Ross Ashby (September 6, 1903 – November 15, 1972) was an English psychiatrist and a pioneer in cybernetics and the study of complex systems.

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Native Name: William Ross Ashby
Alternative Names: W. R. Ashby
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Every stable system has the property that if displaced from a state of equilibrium and released, the subsequent movement is so matched to the initial displacement that the system is brought back to the state of equilibrium. A variety of disturbances will therefore evoke a variety of matched reactions.

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