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Feedforward

Feedforward is a term coined by the literary critic I. A. Richards in 1951 at the 8th Macy conference on cybernetics. Feedforward relates to feedback, another cybernetic concept, but while feedback is a reaction to the output of a process, feedforward is the anticipation of what the output might be.

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Etymology

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Feedforward

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples18
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
Components1

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Feedforward

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related to Etymology · 7
Feedforward → In, Macy, Macy Conference, Pragmatics, Richards, The, This
is a · 3
Feedforward → anticipation of what the output might be.Richards discussed this in terms of human communication, needed prescription or plan for a feedback, term coined by the literary critic I
related to Control · 2
Feedforward → Feed, This
related to Management · 1
Feedforward → It

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feedback control richards management term neural context cognitive science macy conference might taken used behavioral cybernetics literary critic 8th concept

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Feedforwardis aterm coined by the literary critic I0.90text
Feedforwardis aanticipation of what the output might be.Richards discussed this in terms of human communication0.90text
Feedforwardis aneeded prescription or plan for a feedback0.90text
control systemsinstance ofThis enabled the word to then be introduced to more specific fields0.80text
managementinstance ofThis enabled the word to then be introduced to more specific fields0.80text
neural networksinstance ofThis enabled the word to then be introduced to more specific fields0.80text
cognitive studiesinstance ofThis enabled the word to then be introduced to more specific fields0.80text
behavioural scienceinstance ofThis enabled the word to then be introduced to more specific fields0.80text
Feedforwardrelated to ControlFeed0.60section
Feedforwardrelated to ControlThis0.60section
Feedforwardrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Feedforwardrelated to EtymologyRichards0.60section

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