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Oatley, K. and Toates, F. M.
(1971).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/232562a0
Abstract
DRINKING is essential for the homeostasis of body fluids, and a theoretical structure which makes the principles and details of homeostasis explicit is provided by control theory. A control model of thirst has been described by Oatley1,2 and simulated on a digital computer3.