Chapman, David
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Abstract
Shannon’s 1948 paper on the mathematical theory of information provides the foundation for understanding and engineering communication links, and for that reason alone should be seen as a classic work of the information age. Arguments have raged, however, as to whether and in what way it has significance beyond engineering. This chapter supports a wider relevance of Shannon’s work by bringing together the insights of layered architectures as used by communications engineers and the concept of ‘meaning’ from semiotics to suggest that the ‘selective information’ of Shannon and ‘semantic information’ are of the same nature.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2011 Taylor & Francis |
| ISBN: | 0-415-88410-1, 978-0-415-88410-5 |
| Keywords: | information; Shannon; semiotics |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Communication and Systems |
| Item ID: | 29045 |
| Depositing User: | David Chapman |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2011 15:08 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2012 08:18 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/29045 |
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