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Information and Communication. An Outline of a Possible General Theory of Sign Information.
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Smetacek, V. – Information Processing and Management, 1979
Defines a "communicate"--the objectification of a subject's internal model of the object of reality by means of a certain set of physical signs--and examines its information value with relation to intelligent systems. (CWM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Concept Formation, Information Processing
Data as Information.
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Dolby, James L. – Information Processing and Management, 1984
Suggests structure based on two sets of principles for deriving meaning from data: Shannon's measure of entropy, which provides means of measuring amount of information in message; and Ranganathan's faceted classification scheme, which provides means of determining number of meaningful data. Syntax, meaning, and semantics of data are discussed.…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Data, Data Analysis