Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Information -- Processes -- Representation -- Improving the Informative -- Words and Knowledge -- Economic Value -- Information Redux |
Summary |
Information is an important concept that is studied extensively across a range of disciplines, from the physical sciences to genetics to psychology to epistemology. Information continues to increase in importance, and the present age has been referred to as the ""Information Age."" One may understand information in a variety of ways. For some, information is found in facts that were previously unknown. For others, a fact must have some economic value to be considered information. Other people emphasize the movement through a communication channel from one location to another when describing in |
Analysis |
Computer science |
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Genetic epistemology |
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Artificial intelligence |
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Models and Principles |
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Epistemology |
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Communication Studies |
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Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
Subject |
Information theory.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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epistemology.
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SCIENCE -- System Theory.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Operations Research.
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Informatique.
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Information theory
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Knowledge, Theory of
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9783642311901 |
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3642311903 |
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