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Book Synopsis Formal Theories of Information by : Giovanni Sommaruga
Download or read book Formal Theories of Information written by Giovanni Sommaruga and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-22 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the scientific outcome of a joint effort of the computer science departments of the universities of Berne, Fribourg and Neuchâtel. Within an initiative devoted to "Information and Knowledge", these research groups collaborated over several years on issues of logic, probability, inference, and deduction. The goal of this volume is to examine whether there is any common ground between the different approaches to the concept of information. The structure of this book could be represented by a circular model, with an innermost syntactical circle, comprising statistical and algorithmic approaches; a second, larger circle, the semantical one, in which "meaning" enters the stage; and finally an outermost circle, the pragmatic one, casting light on real-life logical reasoning. These articles are complemented by two philosophical contributions exploring the wide conceptual field as well as taking stock of the articles on the various formal theories of information.
Book Synopsis Formal Theories of Information by : Giovanni Sommaruga
Download or read book Formal Theories of Information written by Giovanni Sommaruga and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is commonly assumed that computers process information. But what is inf- mation? In a technical, important, but nevertheless rather narrow sense, Sh- non’sinformationtheorygivesa?rstanswertothisquestion.Thistheoryfocuses on measuring the information content of a message. Essentially this measure is the reduction of the uncertainty obtained by receiving a message. The unc- tainty of a situation of ignorance in turn is measured by entropy. This theory hashad an immense impact on the technologyof information storage,data c- pression, information transmission and coding and still is a very active domain of research. Shannon’s theory has also attractedmuch interest in a more philosophic look at information, although it was readily remarked that it is only a “syntactic” theory of information and neglects “semantic” issues. Several attempts have been made in philosophy to give information theory a semantic ?avor, but still mostly based on or at least linked to Shannon’s theory. Approaches to semantic informationtheoryalsoveryoftenmakeuseofformallogic.Thereby,information is linked to reasoning, deduction and inference, as well as to decision making. Further, entropy and related measure were soon found to have important connotations with regard to statistical inference. Surely, statistical data and observation represent information, information about unknown, hidden para- ters. Thus a whole branch of statistics developed around concepts of Shannon’s information theory or derived from them. Also some proper measurements - propriate for statistics, like Fisher’s information, were proposed.
Download or read book Formal Theories of Information written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the scientific outcome of a joint effort of the computer science departments of the universities of Berne, Fribourg and Neuchâtel. Within an initiative devoted to "Information and Knowledge", these research groups collaborated over several years on issues of logic, probability, inference, and deduction. The goal of this volume is to examine whether there is any common ground between the different approaches to the concept of information. The structure of this book could be represented by a circular model, with an innermost syntactical circle, comprising statistical and algorithmic approaches; a second, larger circle, the semantical one, in which "meaning" enters the stage; and finally an outermost circle, the pragmatic one, casting light on real-life logical reasoning. These articles are complemented by two philosophical contributions exploring the wide conceptual field as well as taking stock of the articles on the various formal theories of information
Book Synopsis Formal Theories of Truth by : J. C. Beall
Download or read book Formal Theories of Truth written by J. C. Beall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth is one of the oldest and most central topics in philosophy. Formal theories explore the connections between truth and logic, and they address truth-theoretic paradoxes such as the Liar. Three leading philosopher-logicians now present a concise overview of the main issues and ideas in formal theories of truth. Beall, Glanzberg, and Ripley explain key logical techniques on which such formal theories rely, providing the formal and logical background needed to develop formal theories of truth. They examine the most important truth-theoretic paradoxes, including the Liar paradoxes. They explore approaches that keep principles of truth simple while relying on nonclassical logic; approaches that preserve classical logic but do so by complicating the principles of truth; and approaches based on substructural logics that change the shape of the target consequence relation itself. Finally, inconsistency and revision theories are reviewed, and contrasted with the approaches previously discussed. For any reader who has a basic grounding in logic, this book offers an ideal guide to formal theories of truth.
Book Synopsis The Mathematical Theory of Communication by : Claude E Shannon
Download or read book The Mathematical Theory of Communication written by Claude E Shannon and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific knowledge grows at a phenomenal pace--but few books have had as lasting an impact or played as important a role in our modern world as The Mathematical Theory of Communication, published originally as a paper on communication theory more than fifty years ago. Republished in book form shortly thereafter, it has since gone through four hardcover and sixteen paperback printings. It is a revolutionary work, astounding in its foresight and contemporaneity. The University of Illinois Press is pleased and honored to issue this commemorative reprinting of a classic.
Book Synopsis Formal Theories of Reasoning about Knowledge, Belief and Uncertainty by : K. A. M. Said
Download or read book Formal Theories of Reasoning about Knowledge, Belief and Uncertainty written by K. A. M. Said and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Information Theory by : Robert B. Ash
Download or read book Information Theory written by Robert B. Ash and published by Halsted Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Information and Knowledge by : Giuseppe Primiero
Download or read book Information and Knowledge written by Giuseppe Primiero and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-03 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops a philosophical and logical interpretation of the concept of information within the formal structure of Constructive Type Theory (CTT), in a manner concurrent with a diverse range of contemporary perspectives on the philosophy of information. It presents a newly formulated and conceptually developed presentation of the Problem of Analyticity, and a new interesting perspective on the constructive interpretation of knowledge processes.
Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Information by : Luciano Floridi
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Information written by Luciano Floridi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information and communication technology occupies a central place in the modern world, with society becoming increasingly dependent on it every day. It is therefore unsurprising that it has become a growing subject area in contemporary philosophy, which relies heavily on informational concepts. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Information is an outstanding reference source to the key topics and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into four parts: basic ideas quantitative and formal aspects natural and physical aspects human and semantic aspects. Within these sections central issues are examined, including probability, the logic of information, informational metaphysics, the philosophy of data and evidence, and the epistemic value of information. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Information is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, computer science and communication studies.
Book Synopsis A Formal Theory of Knowledge and Action by : Robert C. Moore
Download or read book A Formal Theory of Knowledge and Action written by Robert C. Moore and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most work on planning and problem solving within the field of artificial intelligence assumes that the agent has complete knowledge of all relevant aspects of the problem domain and problem situation In the real world, however, planning and acting must frequently be performed without complete knowledge. This imposes two additional burdens on an intelligent agent trying to act effectively. First, when the agent entertains a plan for achieving some goal, he must consider not only whether the physical prerequisites of the plan have been satisfied, but also whether he has all the information necessary to carry out the plan. Second, he must be able to reason about what be can do to obtain necessary information that he lacks. In this paper, we present a theory of action in which these problems are taken into account, showing how to formalize both the knowledge prerequisites of action and the effects of action on knowledge.
Book Synopsis Theory Of Information: Fundamentality, Diversity And Unification by : Mark Burgin
Download or read book Theory Of Information: Fundamentality, Diversity And Unification written by Mark Burgin and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2009-12-28 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique volume presents a new approach — the general theory of information — to scientific understanding of information phenomena. Based on a thorough analysis of information processes in nature, technology, and society, as well as on the main directions in information theory, this theory synthesizes existing directions into a unified system. The book explains how this theory opens new kinds of possibilities for information technology, information sciences, computer science, knowledge engineering, psychology, linguistics, social sciences, and education.The book also gives a broad introduction to the main mathematically-based directions in information theory. The general theory of information provides a unified context for existing directions in information studies, making it possible to elaborate on a comprehensive definition of information; explain relations between information, data, and knowledge; and demonstrate how different mathematical models of information and information processes are related.Explanation of information essence and functioning is given, as well as answers to the following questions:
Book Synopsis Formal Theories of Knowledge in AI and Robotics by : Stanley J. Rosenschein
Download or read book Formal Theories of Knowledge in AI and Robotics written by Stanley J. Rosenschein and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Theory Of Knowledge: Structures And Processes by : Mark Burgin
Download or read book Theory Of Knowledge: Structures And Processes written by Mark Burgin and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 965 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to synthesize different directions in knowledge studies into a unified theory of knowledge and knowledge processes. It explicates important relations between knowledge and information. It provides the readers with understanding of the essence and structure of knowledge, explicating operations and process that are based on knowledge and vital for society.The book also highlights how the theory of knowledge paves the way for more advanced design and utilization of computers and networks.
Book Synopsis A Formal Theory of Commonsense Psychology by : Andrew S. Gordon
Download or read book A Formal Theory of Commonsense Psychology written by Andrew S. Gordon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commonsense psychology refers to the implicit theories that we all use to make sense of people's behavior in terms of their beliefs, goals, plans, and emotions. These are also the theories we employ when we anthropomorphize complex machines and computers as if they had humanlike mental lives. In order to successfully cooperate and communicate with people, these theories will need to be represented explicitly in future artificial intelligence systems. This book provides a large-scale logical formalization of commonsense psychology in support of humanlike artificial intelligence. It uses formal logic to encode the deep lexical semantics of the full breadth of psychological words and phrases, providing fourteen hundred axioms of first-order logic organized into twenty-nine commonsense psychology theories and sixteen background theories. This in-depth exploration of human commonsense reasoning for artificial intelligence researchers, linguists, and cognitive and social psychologists will serve as a foundation for the development of humanlike artificial intelligence.
Book Synopsis An Introduction to Information Theory by : Fazlollah M. Reza
Download or read book An Introduction to Information Theory written by Fazlollah M. Reza and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Theories of Geographic Concepts by : Marinos Kavouras
Download or read book Theories of Geographic Concepts written by Marinos Kavouras and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-12-20 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most widely available approaches to semantic integration provide ad-hoc, non-systematic, subjective manual mappings that lead to procrustean amalgamations to fit the target standard, an outcome that pleases no one. Written by experts in the field, Theories of Geographic Concepts: Ontological Approaches to Semantic Integration emphasizes the
Book Synopsis A Formal Theory of Commonsense Psychology by : Andrew S. Gordon
Download or read book A Formal Theory of Commonsense Psychology written by Andrew S. Gordon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book formalizes commonsense knowledge to enable artificial intelligence to understand and engage with the mental lives of people.
