In no particular order, here's some cybernetics-adjacent discoveries/inventions:... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		kortex on June 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Control theory for fun and profit In no particular order, here's some cybernetics-adjacent discoveries/inventions: - PID theory, especially pole analysis - linear quadratic regulator - digital filter design - the Hebbian rule of neurons - distributed consensus: paxos, RAFT protocol, blockchain protocol - STAR voting - pretty much everything deep learning, in particular descent algos like Adaboost - Conflict-free replicated data type (those are neat!) - Lorenz attractors - type theory - category theory

dreamcompiler on June 19, 2020 [–]

...and Lorenz attractors leads to Chaos Theory which illustrates the central problem with nonlinear systems which brings up nonlinear control theory, state space control theory, etc etc

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact