Good Regulator

Good Regulator

The Good Regulator is a theorem due to Roger C. Conant and W. Ross Ashby that is central to cybernetics. It is stated "Every Good Regulator of a system must be a model of that system".

Any regulator that is maximally successful and simple must be isomorphic with the system being regulated. This makes a model necessary. With regard to the brain, insofar as it is successful and efficient as a regulator for survival, it must proceed, in learning, by the formation of a model (or models) of its environment [Conant and Ashby Int. J. Systems Sci., 1970, vol 1, No 2, pp89-97] .

The theorem is general enough to apply to all regulating and self-regulating or homeostatic systems.

See also

* Variety (cybernetics)

References


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