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Author:   Mark Burgin (Univ Of California, Los Angeles, Usa)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 22.40cm
Weight:   1.098kg
ISBN:  

9789812835482

ISBN 10:   9812835482
Pages:   688
Publication Date:   30 December 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

How Do We Know What Information Is? Information in Society, Information in Nature, Technological Aspects of Information; General Theory of Information: Information Ontology, Information Axiology, Information Typology; Information, Data, and Knowledge; Emotions and Information; Statistical Information Theory: Information and Entropy, Information and Communication in Technical Systems, Quantum Information, Information and Problem Solving, Axiomatization of Information Measurement, Information in Physics; Semantic Information Theory: The Three Dimensions of Information, Logic in Information, Knowledge from Information; Algorithmic Information Theory: Information and Complexity, Recursive Algorithmic Information Theory, Inductive Algorithmic Information Theory, Relative Information Measures, Axiomatic Information Measures; Pragmatic Information Theory: Economic Approach, Mission-Oriented Approach and Value of Information, Transformational Approach, Dynamics of Information: Information Flow, Operator Approach, Information Algebra.

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Researchers and advanced students of information theory and practice will find this book an essential resource for a large variety of methods, techniques and theories in information studies. It is suitable as a textbook in information theory for students of technical, scientific, and mathematical subjects, as well as a supplementary textbook in traditional courses on information theory. Burgin's GTI reveals fascinating relations between matter, knowledge, energy, and information and makes it possible to discuss new types of information such as affective information and effective information in an organized fashion. Both the expert and the general reader will get an essential new ideas and tools with which to understand and use the concept of information. -- Joseph E. Brenner International Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Paris

"Researchers and advanced students of information theory and practice will find this book an essential resource for a large variety of methods, techniques and theories in information studies. It is suitable as a textbook in information theory for students of technical, scientific, and mathematical subjects, as well as a supplementary textbook in traditional courses on information theory. Burgin's GTI reveals fascinating relations between matter, knowledge, energy, and information and makes it possible to discuss new types of information such as affective information and effective information in an organized fashion. Both the expert and the general reader will get an essential new ideas and tools with which to understand and use the concept of information. -- Joseph E. Brenner ""International Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Paris"""

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