Data, Information, and Time - The DIT Model (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)

This SpringerBrief presents the data- information-and-time (DIT) model that precisely clarifies the semantics behind the terms data, information and their relations to the passage of real time. According to the DIT model a data item is a symbol that appears as a pattern (e.g., visual, sound, gesture, or any bit pattern) in physical space. It is generated by a human or a machine in the current contextual situation and is linked to a concept in the human mind or a set of operations of a machine. An information item delivers the sense or the idea that a human mind extracts out of a given natural language proposition that contains meaningful data items. Since the given tangible, intangible and temporal context are part of the explanation of a data item, a change of context can have an effect on the meaning of data and the sense of a proposition. The DIT model provides a framework to show how the flow of time can change the truth-value of a proposition. This book compares our notions of data, information, and time in differing contexts: in human communication, in the operation of a computer system and in a biological system. In the final Section a few simple examples demonstrate how the lessons learned from the DIT-model can help to improve the design of a computer system.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Computer Science
Release date:	March 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Hermann Kopetz
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	75
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-096328-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Computational linguistics Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > Data structures Books > Computing & IT > Computer programming > Algorithms & procedures Books > Computing & IT > Computer communications & networking > General Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Artificial intelligence > General
LSN:	3-03-096328-4
Barcode:	9783030963286

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