Electrical engineering and systems sciencePublic institute preprint; arXiv:2607.21771 in eess.SY, cross-listed cs.SY

Allostatic Control Systems: Goal Governance in Changing Environments

A systems-and-control preprint on goal governance: a fast loop regulates under the current reference while a slow loop decides whether that reference should move, tested in a preregistered synthetic experiment that produced a negative result.

Lineage: W. Ross Ashby's ultrastability, physiological allostasis, bio-inspired allostatic control, adaptive control, supervisory control, reference governors, model predictive control.

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