scholarly journals Biological Organization, Biological Information, and Knowledge

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurício Vieira Kritz

A concept of information designed to handle information conveyed by organizations is introduced. This concept of information may be used at all biological scales: from molecular and intracellular to multi-cellular organisms and human beings, and further on to collectivities, societies and culture. In this short account, two ground concepts necessary for developing the definition will also be introduced: whole-part graphs, a model for biological organization, and synexions, their immersion into space-time. This definition of information formalizes perception, observers and interpretation; allowing for considering information-exchange as a basic form of biological interaction. Some of its elements will be clarified by arguing and explaining why the immersion of whole-part graphs in (the physical) space-time is needed.

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1434-1440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Ventegodt ◽  
Tyge Dahl Hermansen ◽  
Trine Flensborg-Madsen ◽  
Erik Rald ◽  
Maj Lyck Nielsen ◽  
...  

In this paper we have made a draft of a physical fractal essence of the universe, a sketch of a new cosmology, which we believe to lay at the root of our new holistic biological paradigm. We present the fractal roomy spiraled structures and the energy-rich dancing “infinite strings” or lines of the universe that our hypothesis is based upon. The geometric language of this cosmology is symbolic and both pre-mathematical and pre-philosophical. The symbols are both text and figures, and using these we step by step explain the new model that at least to some extent is able to explain the complex informational system behind morphogenesis, ontogenesis, regeneration and healing. We suggest that it is from this highly dynamic spiraled structure that organization of cells, organs, and the wholeness of the human being including consciousness emerge. The model of ““dancing fractal spirals” carries many similarities to premodern cultures descriptions of the energy of the life and universe. Examples are the Native American shamanistic descriptions of their perception of energy and the old Indian Yogis descriptions of the life-energy within the body and outside. Similar ideas of energy and matter are found in the modern superstring theories. The model of the informational system of the organism gives new meaning to Bateson’s definition of information: “A difference that makes a difference”, and indicates how information-directed self-organization can exist on high structural levels in living organisms, giving birth to their subjectivity and consciousness.


Author(s):  
Marcin J. Schroeder

The paper considers necessary conditions for establishing information science as a scientific autonomous disci- pline. The lack of a commonly accepted definition of information is not as threatening as it may seem, as each study within the discipline may choose an own definition, as well as an own philosophical framework, when there are some alternatives to choose between. More important is the development of a common methodology of inquiry and some range of standard questions regarding the concept of information. Also, it is important to develop some standards of inquiry, which would make information scientific studies accessible to philosophical analysis and reflection. In turn, contributions of information science to the resolution of problems identified within philosophy will give the best measure of maturity for information sci- ence as a discipline.


2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-157
Author(s):  
Luiz Fernando de Barros Campos

Based on Erving Goffman's work, the article aims to discuss a definition of information centered on the type conveyed by individuals in a multimodal way, encompassing language and body in situations of co-presence, where face-to-face interaction occurs, and influencing inter-subjective formation of the self. Six types of information are highlighted: material information, expressive information, ritualized information, meta-information, strategic information, and information displays. It is argued that the construction of this empirical object tends to dissolve the tension among material, cognitive and pragmatic aspects, constituting an example of the necessary integration among them. Some vulnerable characteristics of the theory are critically mentioned and it is suggested that the concept of information displays could provide a platform to approach the question of the interaction order in its relations with the institutional and social orders, and consequently, to reassess the scope of the notion of social information analyzed.


Author(s):  
Marcin J. Schroeder

The paper considers necessary conditions for establishing information science as a scientific autonomous disci- pline. The lack of a commonly accepted definition of information is not as threatening as it may seem, as each study within the discipline may choose an own definition, as well as an own philosophical framework, when there are some alternatives to choose between. More important is the development of a common methodology of inquiry and some range of standard questions regarding the concept of information. Also, it is important to develop some standards of inquiry, which would make information scientific studies accessible to philosophical analysis and reflection. In turn, contributions of information science to the resolution of problems identified within philosophy will give the best measure of maturity for information sci- ence as a discipline.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Z. Wang

Abstract This study is the first use of Heisenberg's energy-time uncertainty principle to define information quantitatively from a measuring perspective: the smallest error in any measurement is a bit of information, i.e., 1 (bit)=(2∆E ∆t)⁄ℏ. If the input energy equals the Landauer bound, the time needed to write a bit of information is 1.75x10-14 s. Newton's cradle was used to experimentally verify the information-energy-mass equivalences deduced from the aforementioned concept. It was observed that the energy input during the creation of a bit of (binary) information is stored in the information carrier in the form of the doubled momentum or the doubled “momentum mass” (mass in motion) in both classical position-based and modern orientation-based information storage. Furthermore, the experiments verified our new definition of information in the sense that the higher the energy input is, the shorter the time needed to write a bit of information is. Our study may help understand the fundamental concept of information and the deep physics behind it.


2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (06) ◽  
pp. 341-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHAHROKH PARVIZI

By using the so-called Information Metric on the moduli space of an anti-self-dual (ASD) Instanton in a self-dual (SD) noncommutative background, we investigate the geometry of moduli space. The metric is evaluated perturbatively in noncommutativity parameter and we show that by putting a cutoff in the location of instanton in the definition of Information Metric we can recover the five-dimensional space–time in the presence of a B-field. This result shows that the noncommutative YM-Instanton Moduli corresponds to D-Instanton Moduli in the gravity side where the radial and transverse location of D-Instanton correspond to YM-Instanton size and location, respectively. The match is shown in the first order of noncommutativity parameter.


2021 ◽  
pp. 123-129
Author(s):  
Андрей Дмитриевич Гнутов

Рассматривается вопрос применения информационно-технологической безопасности в процессе подготовки офицерских кадров для нужд Федеральной службы войск национальной гвардии Российской Федерации. Акцентируется внимание на том, что образовательная сфера претерпевает существенные изменения, что в свою очередь вносит огромное корректирующее значение в процесс обучения будущих офицерских кадров Росгвардии. Описывается, что военная наука существенно отличается от традиционной системы образования в гражданских образовательных учреждениях и развитие военного образования осуществляется как самостоятельная отрасль специального образования. Приводится проблематика проводимых исследований по эффективности процесса обучения в военных образовательных организациях высшего образования Росгвардии, данные исследования набирают колоссальную популярность и значимость. Описаны основные значимые тенденции развития информационно-технологической безопасности как составной части информационной безопасности, дается понятийное определение информационно-технологической безопасности, что ставит обеспечение безопасности на одну из передовых позиций, реализующих определенные интересы государства и общества в информационном обмене. Рассматриваются существующие уровни информационно-технологической безопасности по критериям ее использования. Описывается информационная направленность в военном образовании, которая позволит достичь определенных образовательных целей в ходе подготовки будущих офицерских кадров для нужд Росгвардии. Делается акцент на то, что применение информационных технологий в процессе обучения не заменит полностью опыт профессорско-преподавательского состава по направлению соответствующей отрасли, а только облегчит понимание и усвоение курсантами учебного материала. В заключительной части делается обобщающий вывод о том, что информационно-технологическая безопасность выдвигает на первоочередную позицию проблематику, имеющуюся по вопросам обеспечения информационной безопасности в ходе подготовки будущих офицерских кадров Росгвардии. The article deals with the application of information technology security in the process of training officers for the needs of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation. Attention is focused on the fact that the educational sphere is undergoing significant changes, which in turn makes a huge corrective value in the process of training future officers of the Russian Guard. It is described that military science differs significantly from the traditional education system in civilian educational institutions and the development of military education is carried out as an independent branch of special education. The problems of ongoing research on the effectiveness of the learning process in military educational institutions of higher education of the Russian Guard are given, that these studies are gaining tremendous popularity and significance. The main significant trends in the development of information technology security, as an integral part of information security, are described, a conceptual definition of information technology security is given, which puts security in one of the leading positions that implement certain interests of the state and society in information exchange. The main significant trends in the development of information technology security as an integral part of information security are described, a conceptual definition of information technology security is given, which puts security in one of the leading positions that implement certain interests of the state and society in information exchange. The existing levels of information technology security are considered according to the criteria for its use. The informational orientation in military education is described, which will allow achieving certain educational goals in the course of training future officers for the needs of the Russian Guard. An aspect is made that the use of information technologies in the learning process will not completely replace the experience of the teaching staff in the direction of the relevant industry, but will only facilitate the understanding and assimilation of the educational material by the cadets. In the final part, a generalizing conclusion is given to the fact that information technology security brings to the fore the issues available on the issues of providing information.


2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 620-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Bosancic ◽  
Marta Matijevic

The purpose of this review paper is to outline the constructivist approach to the notion of information from two perspectives. The first perspective explores the role of ‘constructed’ information in the ‘constructivist niche’ – a common name for the appropriate viewpoints in different science fields, such as cognitive and neuroscience, psychology, cybernetics and biology of cognition. The second perspective considers library and information science (LIS) papers in which information is treated as a constructed entity. This paper assumed the origin of the notion of information to be a construction as defined in the ‘constructivist niche’ that is based upon communication theory and cybernetics. Conversely, the origin of the notion of information as a construction as per LIS can be found in Bateson’s definition of information as a ‘difference which makes the difference,‘ as well as in the 1970s LIS definition wherein information is associated with the direction of a cognitive viewpoint, as in a ‘cognitive turn’. The study showed that ‘information as a construction‘, except in a few cases, did not play a significant role in the constructivist theories nor in LIS. LIS researchers reduce the concept of information to a subjective, socially-constructed entity which inherently results in different interpretations.


Author(s):  
Marcello Barbieri

Molecular biology is based on two great discoveries: the first is that genes carry hereditary information in the form of linear sequences of nucleotides; the second is that in protein synthesis a sequence of nucleotides is translated into a sequence of amino acids, a process that amounts to a transfer of information from genes to proteins. These discoveries have shown that the information of genes and proteins is the specific linear order of their sequences. This is a clear definition of information and there is no doubt that it reflects an experimental reality. What is not clear, however, is the ontological status of information, and the result is that today we have two conflicting paradigms in biology. One is the ‘chemical paradigm’, the idea that ‘life is chemistry’, or, more precisely, that ‘life is an extremely complex form of chemistry’. The other is the ‘information paradigm’, the view that chemistry is not enough, that ‘life is chemistry plus information’. This implies that there is an ontological difference between information and chemistry, a difference which is often expressed by saying that information-based processes like heredity and natural selection simply do not exist in the world of chemistry. Against this conclusion, the supporters of the chemical paradigm have argued that the concept of information is only a linguistic metaphor, a word that summarizes the result of countless underlying chemical reactions. The supporters of the information paradigm insist that information is a real and fundamental component of the living world, but have not been able to prove this point. As a result, the chemical view has not been abandoned and the two paradigms both coexist today. Here, it is shown that a solution to the ontological problem of information does exist. It comes from the idea that life is artefact-making , that genes and proteins are molecular artefacts manufactured by molecular machines and that artefacts necessarily require sequences and coding rules in addition to the quantities of physics and chemistry. More precisely, it is shown that the production of artefacts requires new observables that are referred to as nominable entities because they can be described only by naming their components in their natural order. From an ontological point of view, in conclusion, information is a nominable entity, a fundamental but not-computable observable.


Author(s):  
Namjae Cho ◽  
Iraj Mahdavi ◽  
Nezam Mahdavi-Amiri ◽  
Shima Mohebbi ◽  
Mahdi Zandakbari

Finding most promising suppliers based on consistency with the overall goals of buyers’ companies is of great importance where different small buyers are dependent on large suppliers. Here, the authors attempt to model and implement an e-supply network considering the buyer-buyer-supplier triadic. This approach facilitates horizontal information exchange among buyers in sharing their experience and thereby buyers are inclined to find the most acceptable suppliers. Indeed, vertical information sharing among buyers and suppliers are considered in order to allocate the benefits of the mechanism to all partners while optimizing the network global objective function. The concept of discrepancy is first utilized to search for the most promising suppliers in the network based on the overall goals (exclusive attributes) of buyers and suppliers. Then, products’ specific attributes (bilateral attributes) are used to sharpen the results. At the last step, a genetic algorithm is used by the network agent to coordinate the network. Ultimately, the authors utilize intelligent agents to simulate buyers’ and suppliers’ behaviors with the aim of evaluating the system. They find out that information sharing in supply networks can be effectively established if the barriers of information access and information effects are wisely defined. While the methodology of using information for coordination is still important, the definition of information structure, the way we acquire and maintain the information and the governing rules have critical roles in the success of the system. The agent technology has a key role here enabling the users to utilize the information effects while not having access to them directly.


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