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This book is a concise navigator across the history of cybernetics, its§state-of-the-art and prospects. The evolution of cybernetics (from N. Wiener to§the present day) and the reasons of its ups and downs are presented. The§correlation of cybernetics with the philosophy and methodology of control, as§well as with system theory and systems analysis is clearly demonstrated.§§The book presents a detailed analysis focusing on the modern trends of§research in cybernetics. A new development stage of cybernetics (the so-called§cybernetics 2.0) is discussed as a science on general regularities of systems§organization and control. The author substantiates the topicality of§elaborating a new branch of cybernetics, i.e. organization theory which studies§an organization as a property, process and system.§§The book is intended for theoreticians and§practitioners, as well as for students, postgraduates and doctoral candidates.§In the first place, the target audience includes tutors and lecturers preparing§courses on cybernetics, control theory and systems science.§
