@article{1445362,
      author = {Kopetz, Hermann,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1445362},
      title = {Data, information, and time : the DIT model /},
      abstract = {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.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96329-3},
      recid = {1445362},
      pages = {1 online resource (x, 75 pages) :},
}