Original scientific paper

Interaction with the Environment: Anthropological Cybernetic Model

J. Bončina
V. Ivković
V. Jovanović

Abstract

Cybernetics is primarily concerned with the transfer of information through, and
(re)actions of systems. The research aim was to investigate models of interaction dynamics
between an anthropological system and its environment. Equifinality dynamic
model defined by three compartments and propensity for establishment of a steady state
regardless of the initial conditions was applied. The intention was to apply this concept
in anthropological research using the OPSIM procedure. DYNOPS model defined by
four age-group compartments and the environment was also used. The model was applied
on the census of the Bogomolje village on the island of Hvar (R. Croatia). Through
numerous simulations, it was found that the influence of the environment increases
with the decrease of time spent in the young age compartment. A drawback of DYNOPS
model is that it places the environment in an unchangeable category, while in reality it
necessarily changes through numerous interactions with various agents. Finally, cybernetics
should not only be used to explicate, but also predict and correct undesired communal
developments.

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Hrčak ID:

28410

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/28410

Publication date:

17.12.2001.

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