Abstract--When 60 years ago Shannon established "A Mathematical Theory of Communication" nobody could know the consequences for science and technology in the second half ...
This paper considers conceptual and contextual issues relating to the problem of developing systems models capable of representing knowable and unknowable information requirements...
We survey diverse approaches to the notion of information: from Shannon entropy to Kolmogorov complexity. Two of the main applications of Kolmogorov complexity are presented: rand...