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The Web site of the Control Systems Group, with links to much else connected with Perceptual Control Theory.

A presentation by Martin Taylor on the evolution of cooperating loops of control systems, using the physical analogy of spin glasses, based on W.T.Powers' idea of "reorganization" in control system hierarchies, but without assuming the existence of any hierarchy.

A discussion by Martin Taylor of what is meant by "helping" in the context of Perceptual Control Theory, and why sometimes what seems to be help, isn't.