Application of Information Theory Concepts in the Investigation of the Growth Pattern of Production, Distribution and Velocity of Information

• Main Author: Attia, Abdel-Hameed M. (Abdel-Hameed Mohammed)
• Other Authors: Clark, Jon D.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: North Texas State University 1987
• Subjects: information theory; information growth; Information theory.; Information technology.; Communication.
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331792/

The objective of this research is the investigation of the patterns of information growth to test whether there has been an "information explosion." To tackle the main problem, there are three issues which need to be addressed: (1) the concept of information dimensionality; (2) determination of common parameters to measure the amount of information within each dimension; and (3) a working definition of "explosiveness. "