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Data, Information, and Time : The DIT Model / by Hermann Kopetz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kopetz, Hermann, Author.
- Series:
- Computer Science (SpringerNature-11645)
- SpringerBriefs in computer science 2191-5776
- SpringerBriefs in Computer Science, 2191-5776
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Artificial intelligence-Data processing.
- Data structures (Computer science).
- Information theory.
- Computational linguistics.
- Computer science.
- Information modeling.
- Data Science.
- Data Structures and Information Theory.
- Computational Linguistics.
- Theory of Computation.
- Information Model.
- Models of Computation.
- Local Subjects:
- Data Science.
- Data Structures and Information Theory.
- Computational Linguistics.
- Theory of Computation.
- Information Model.
- Models of Computation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (X, 75 pages) : 20 illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2022.
- Contained In:
- Springer Nature eBook
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- 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. .
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Overview of the DIT Model
- 3. Fundamental Terms
- 4. Context
- 5. Language and Information
- 6. Data in Communication
- 7. Data in Archival Systems
- 8. Data in Real-Time Control Systems
- 9. Data in Biological Systems
- 10. Generation and Explanation of Data
- 11. Consequences for System Design
- 12. Conclusions.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-030-96329-3
- 9783030963293
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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