The Science of Information
Measurement and Applications
Published on 28. March 1999
Book
Hardback
293 pages
978-0-12-455771-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a survey of various concepts and measures of information with an emphasis on applications. Designed as a textbook for a first year graduate-level course on information science, it provides a basis for the scientific study of information. Several measures of information are suggested and then applied to different areas of study in the social sciences and humanities. Computer science topics, such as data
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Weight
667 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-455771-0 (9780124557710)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Information. Information Coding. Self-Organization. Information of the Mind. Reason and Decision Making. Language as Information Carrier. Information Retrieval. Production and Use of Information. Appendices: Mathematics for Studying Information. Chaos and Randomness. Bibliography. Index.