The contribution is a re-examination of Ross-Ashby’s Homeostat and how the suggested mechanism of multiplier feedback works and complements the Homeostat. The multiplier feedback explains adaption and stability phenomena without the need for a set point. Hysteresis and animal behavioral homeostasis are examples of multiplier feedback phenomena.
This is basic nuts-and-bolts cybernetics. It would take too long to develop the basic ideas in order to show the connection with the listening theme of the conference.
