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A partial survey of cybernetics in eastern europe and the soviet union
Author(s) -
Arbib Michael A.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830110307
Subject(s) - cybernetics , soviet union , state (computer science) , thumbnail , cognitive science , computer science , human–computer interaction , operations research , data science , artificial intelligence , engineering , political science , law , psychology , politics , algorithm , image (mathematics)
In Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, the term “cybernetics” covers many diverse fields from biophysics to computer technology, from pattern recognition to mechanical translation, in fact all the aspects of technology and the supporting mathematical sciences which deal with information processing. This article presents one man's impression of the state of the art in the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, and thumbnail sketches of some of the leading practitioners.