An Introduction to Cybernetic Synergy

Glossary of Terms

AAT:

Autonomous Agency Theory

AEO:

Authorised Economic Operator

AI:

Artificial Intelligence

Algedonic Feedback:

                Positive or Negative Feedback, i.e. the feedback loop that generates reward or punishment, and thus indicates the environment’s response to the organism’s behaviour

ANN:

Artificial Neural Network

BiQ:

Built-in Quality

BOAC:

British Overseas Airways Corporation

CIA:

US Central Intelligence Agency

COVID:

Coronavirus Disease 19

CRI:

Composite Risk Index

CPSU:

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Cybersyn:

The Cybernetic Synergy model used in Chile 1971–1973

DMAIC:

Define, Measure, Analyse, Implement, Control (Part of the Six Sigma Process)

DRP:

Distribution Requirement Planning

DSS:

Decision Support System

EPA:

(US) ...