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The Art of Software Modeling
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The Art of Software Modeling

by Benjamin A. Lieberman
December 2006
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
296 pages
8h 40m
English
Auerbach Publications
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A Systematic Approach  n 27
meet the preset standard thermostat temperature. All mammals have a similar bio-
chemical process for ensuring a stable body temperature.
A Cybernetic System is designed to adjust the internal goal conditions (system
objectives) based on external impacts. For example, given the thermostat example,
a cybernetic system might detect that the reason for the temperature change is an
open or broken window, which would tell the system that turning on the cool-
ing/heat plant would be wasteful until the window is closed. e system goal is
now changed to ensuring that the window is closed, which may be implemented
by signal
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ISBN: 9781420044638