Sixty years of cybernetics: from youthful to useful

Sixty years of cybernetics: the philosophical foundations of cybernetics

AI@50: We Are Golden!

Happy golden anniversary, artificial intelligence! AI, a field still young as sciences go, is golden in achievement and promise. The 50th anniversary of the naming of our field, at Dartmouth College in 1956, is a time for reminiscence, celebration, and prognostication. We have great successes to celebrate, while most of our failures are along the lines of achieving successful results later than...

Interaction of Information based on Organizational Cybernetics Using Viable System Model

Aim: There is a framework of the organizational cybernetics so-called Viable System Model (VSM) that identifies a viable management plan in all general key channels of information that need to be maintained. The purpose was to evaluate the constructive facets of the organization and identify areas of organizations cybernetics. Methodology: Theoretical analysis method evaluates the VSM among the...

بررسی میزان کاربست مؤلفه‌های الگوی سایبرنتیک در مدیریت دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اصفهان در سال تحصیلی 1389– 1388

Introduction: Today, the universities leadership to adapt or adjust with complex and unknown phenomena are need until in its shadow, organizations to conduct by appropriate. The purpose of this research was to study the extent of application of cybernetic model indices at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: A Research method was descriptive-survey that population consisted of all ...

Diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET-CT in patients presenting with secondary neck nodes from an unknown primary

Introduction: Clinical examination and even anatomical imaging may fail to identify primary site of malignancy in patients presenting with cervical nodal metastasis. 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Computed Tomography (18F-FDG PET-CT) is known to overcome the limitations of anatomic imaging. Methods: Sixty-three (63) patient...