Situation Theory and Its Applications: Volume 3 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781881526087)

Situation theory is the result of an interdisciplinary effort to create a full-fledged theory of information. Created by scholars and scientists from cognitive science, computer science and AI, linguistics, logic, philosophy, and mathematics, it aims to provide a common set of tools for the analysis of phenomena from all these fields. Unlike Shannon-Weaver type theories of information, which are purely quantitative theories, situation theory aims at providing tools for the analysis of the specific content of a situation (signal, message, data base, statement, or other information-carrying situation). The question addressed is not how much information is carried, but what information is carried.

Author: Peter Aczel,Yasuhiro Katagiri,Stanley Peters
ISBN-10: 1881526089
ISBN-13: 9781881526087
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat
Language: English
Published: 10/30/1993
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback