Ross indexed the following pages under the keyword: "Initial state".

Summary: Regulation when several inputs disturb. Initial state in regulation Homeostat variety via relay Relay regulation via relay Transient in regulation 4682 4683

Summary: The machine of intermittent observation. Initial state as source of variety Summary: Initial states may appear simply as a source of variety. Mapping and machine Variety due to initial state 4872 4873

Summary: On the accessibility of states. 4953, 4968 Accessible state Control of system Initial state control over Machine partly observable Summary: The "partly observable machine with input." 4956 Epistemology [45]: "Observing" or "studying" a machine means getting sequence of inputs and outputs alternately, 4953. 4952 4953

Absolute system in history Disintegration of society England as absolute system Independence of England Isolation of England Beginning "natural" Initial state "natural" 5138 5139

Summary: Selection cannot proceed quickly, by dichotomising, in a class that is undefined. Summary: Example of a case in which information about the initial state gets lost. Absolute system decay of information Information example of decay Initial state decay of information regarding 5280 5281