______________________________________________________Parent Node(s): ASC Glossary on Cybernetics
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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)