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A Shannon-Like Solution for the Fundamental Equation of Information Science

A Shannon-Like Solution for the Fundamental Equation of Information Science
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Author(s): Alexandre de Castro (Embrapa Agriculture Informatics, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Brazil)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 9
Source title: Global Trends in Intelligent Computing Research and Development
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): B.K. Tripathy (VIT University, India)and D. P. Acharjya (VIT University, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4936-1.ch018

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Abstract

In a seminal paper published in the early 1980s titled “Information Technology and the Science of Information,” Bertram C. Brookes theorized that a Shannon-Hartley's logarithmic-like measure could be applied to both information and recipient knowledge structure in order to satisfy his “Fundamental Equation of Information Science.” To date, this idea has remained almost forgotten, but, in what follows, the authors introduce a novel quantitative approach that shows that a Shannon-Hartley's log-like model can represent a feasible solution for the cognitive process of retention of information described by Brookes. They also show that if, and only if, the amount of information approaches 1 bit, the “Fundamental Equation” can be considered an equality in stricto sensu, as Brookes required.

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