Two Introductions to Cybernetics
Knowledge graph · Formal / computational
Formal / computational

Information theory

Shannon's measure of the information carried along a communication channel from source to destination, including the effect of noise.


In John F. Young, Cybernetics (1969)
Ch. 9 · Special-Purpose Machines

Young engages information handling practically, through code conversion and the redundancy of signals, rather than through formal information measures.

In F. H. George, Cybernetics (1971)
Ch. 7 · Information Theory and Cybernetics

George lays out the source–transmitter–channel–receiver–destination model with noise, positioning information theory as the account of the function of cybernetic systems.


Builds on

Communication

Leads to

Digital computer

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