Information Flow: The Logic of Distributed Systems (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science)
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (600 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521070996 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 292 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Not enough juice for the squeeze" according to Donald E. Metz. Impressive formalization of information flow via mathematics and logic, but in the end it's not clear if this subject holds any practical value. For, in practice, the model of information flow always requires a priori working models of the phenomena under consideration before the principles of information flow can be put to use. For example, consider currency fluctuations as information about some nation's economy. Yo. Well worth the effort David Spurrett I found the exposition in parts of this book quite poor. The prose is often pretty cryptic, there were some typographical errors that led me down detours while I tried to work through the details, so it took a lot of work (for me at least) to figure out some of the steps. The fact that a lot of the examples are of "toy" problems doesn't help see how the framework developed could be used for anything.This is one of tho. "new engineering tools" according to A Customer. A mathematical basis for Keith Devlin's book "InfoSense: Turning Information into Knowledge." Buy them both!
. Barwise is Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University and Researcher at the Center for the Study of Language and Information
Everyone working in those areas will find material of interest in the book." Journal of Symbolic Logic . "This important interdisciplinary text is ideal for graduate students and researchers in mathematics, computer science, philosophy, linguistics, logic, and cognitive science." Computing Reviews"This iis an enjoyable book on information flow, an important recent topic in the study of logic, language and computation, enriching the science of information by a mathematically rigorous foundation." Mathematical Reviews"two thumbs up." Complexity"an important bookusefulinspiringaccessible to most graduate students in logic, computer science, philosophy, mathematics, linguistics, and cognitive science
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.. Information is a central topic in computer science, cognitive science, and philosophy