# Anthony Wilden
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** control-loop
- **Microsimmability score:** 32/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Gain Kp` (0–10, proportional strength)
- `Setpoint` (target value the loop drives toward)
- `Disturbance` (0–1, external upset injected into the plant)
### What animates
A block-diagram loop drives a plant toward the setpoint; the error [[Signal|signal]] and the corrective response update live as gain and disturbance change.
### Learning objective
See how loop gain trades responsiveness against overshoot and stability.
## Links (Wikipedia order)
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`Anthropology` · `Burnaby` · `Busby_Berkeley` · `Cratylus` · [[Cybernetics]] · [[Ecology]] · [[Ecosystem]] · `Film_theory` · [[Gregory_Bateson]] · `Jacques_Lacan` · `Johns_Hopkins_University` · `Kathleen_Woodward` · `Lost_in_the_Cosmos` · [[Niklas_Luhmann]] · [[Open_system_(systems_theory)]] · `PDF` · `Paradigm` · `Psychiatry` · `R._D._Laing` · [[Second-order_cybernetics]] · `Semiotics` · `Simon_Fraser_University` · `Steps_to_an_Ecology_of_Mind` · `Structuralism` · [[Systems_theory]] · `University_of_Victoria` · `Walker_Percy`
> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Systems Engineering · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Wilden)
> Relation: subfield of systems engineering.
## Concept summary
Anthony George Wilden[1] (14 December 1935 – 29 December 2019) was a writer, social theorist, college lecturer, and consultant. Wilden published numerous books and articles which intersect a number of fields, including [[Systems_theory|systems theory]], film theory, structuralism, [[Cybernetics|cybernetics]], psychiatry, a...
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to systems engineering)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Anthony Wilden
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render control-loop; respond live.
}
```
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Wilden) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Anthony_Wilden)
## Previous hub tags
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