INFORMATION FLOW: LOGIC OF DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

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Ouvrage 9780521583862 : INFORMATION FLOW: LOGIC OF DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
Information is a central topic in computer science, cognitive science, and philosophy. In spite of its
importance in the "information age," there is no consensus on what information is, what makes it possible,
and what it means for one medium to carry information about another. Drawing on ideas from mathematics,
computer science, and philosophy, this book addresses the definition and place of information in society.
The authors, observing that information flow is possible only within a connected distribution system, provide
a mathematically rigorous, philosophically sound foundation for a science of information. They illustrate their
theory by applying it to a wide range of phenomena, from file transfer to DNA, from quantum mechanics to
speech act theory.
Contents: PART ONE: INTRODUCTION/ 1. Information Flow: a review/ 2. Information Channels: An
overview/ 3. A Simple Distributed System/ PART TWO: CHANNEL THEORY/ 4. Classifications and
Infomorphisms/ 5. Operations on Classifications/ 6. Distributed Systems/ 7. Boolean Operations and
Classifications/ 8. State Spaces/ 9. Regular Theories/ 10. Operations on Theories/ 11. Boolean Operations
and Theories/ 12. Local Logics/ 13. Reasoning at a Distance/ 14. Representing Local Logics/ 15.
Distributed Logics/ 16. Logics and State Spaces/ PART THREE: EXPLORATIONS/ 17. Speech Acts/
18. Vagueness/ 19. Common Sense Reasoning/ 20. Representation/ 21. Quantum Logic

Auteur : BARWISE
Editeur : CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Nombre de pages : 256
Date de publication : 11 1997

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