Data, information, and time : the DIT model / Hermann Kopetz.
2022
QA76.54
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Title
Data, information, and time : the DIT model / Hermann Kopetz.
Author
Kopetz, Hermann, author.
ISBN
9783030963293 (electronic bk.)
3030963292 (electronic bk.)
9783030963286 (print)
3030963284
3030963292 (electronic bk.)
9783030963286 (print)
3030963284
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 75 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-96329-3 doi
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QA76.54
Dewey Decimal Classification
004/.33
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.
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SpringerBriefs in computer science, 2191-5776
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Table of 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.
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.