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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

The Basic Entity Model: A Fundamental Theoretical Model of Information and Information Processing.

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Thow-Yick, Liang – Information Processing and Management, 1994

Identifies a set of objects that is genuinely indigenous to management information systems and constructs a simple model based on them. The model's four basic entities, which define the scope of information theory, are data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. (Contains 46 references.) (KRN)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Data, Information Processing, Information Science