Information is an important concept that is studied extensively
across a range of disciplines, from the physical sciences to
genetics to psychology to epistemology. Information continues to
increase in importance, and the present age has been referred to as
the "Information Age."
One may understand information in a variety of ways. For some,
information is found in facts that were previously unknown. For
others, a fact must have some economic value to be considered
information. Other people emphasize the movement through a
communication channel from one location to another when describing
information. In all of these instances, information is the set of
characteristics of the output of a process. Yet Information has
seldom been studied in a consistent way across different
disciplines.
"Information from Processes" provides a discipline-independent
and precise presentation of both information and computing
processes. Information concepts and phenomena are examined in an
effort to understand them, given a hierarchy of information
processes, where one process uses others. Research about processes
and computing is applied to answer the question of what information
can and cannot be produced, and to determine the nature of this
information (theoretical information science). The book also
presents some of the basic processes that are used in specific
domains (applied information science), such as those that generate
information in areas like reasoning, the evolution of informative
systems, cryptography, knowledge, natural language, and the
economic value of information.Written for researchers and graduate
students in information science and related fields, "Information
from Processes "details a unique information model independent from
other concepts in computer or archival science, which is thus
applicable to a wide range of domains. Combining theoretical and
empirical methods as well as psychological, mathematical,
philosophical, and economic techniques, Losee's book delivers a
solid basis and starting point for future discussions and research
about the creation and use of information."
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