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Menou, Michel J. – Information Processing & Management, 1995
Discusses concepts and theories of information and suggests a model for assessment of information-as-contents. Proposes a revised formulation of Brookes' fundamental equation and possible approaches for describing attributes of the beneficiaries and their knowledge structure. (JKP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Evaluation Methods, Information Theory, Models

Thow-Yick, Liang – Information Processing & Management, 1998
Refines the basic entity model of information theory and extends it to analyze mathematically the physical symbol transformation characteristics, as well as energy-matter and cognition phenomena occurring in the human mind. Reviews existing theories; examines physical symbol subsystem, cognitive perspective, energy-matter subsystem; and discusses…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Epistemology, Information Seeking, Information Theory

Cole, Charles – Information Processing & Management, 1997
Reports the results of a non-randomized study of 45 history Ph.D. students in England and discusses the results in terms of the theory of knowledge structure and the modification of knowledge structure due to information. Topics include information as process; a model of stages of the information process; and grounded theory. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Doctoral Programs, Foreign Countries