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BEHAVIOR

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BEHAVIOR

(1) any sequence of states of a system. (Ashby, Handout, 1961) (2) The behavior of a system is overt and thus manifested in input-output relationships, whereas state trajectories are covert and must either be inferred or must be obtained by "opening the black box". (Michael Arbib)