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Writing, Proofreading and Editing in Information Theory.

ABSTRACT: Information is a physical entity amenable to be described by an abstract theory. The concepts associated with the creation and post-processing of the information have not, however, been mathematically established, despite being broadly used in many fields of knowledge. Here, inspired by how information is managed in biomolecular systems, we introduce writing, entailing any bit string generation, and revision, as comprising proofreading and editing, in information chains. Our formalism expands the thermodynamic analysis of stochastic chains made up of material subunits to abstract strings of symbols. We introduce a non-Markovian treatment of operational rules over the symbols of the chain that parallels the physical interactions responsible for memory effects in material chains. Our theory underlies any communication system, ranging from human languages and computer science to gene evolution.

SUBMITTER: Arias-Gonzalez JR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7512888 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Writing, Proofreading and Editing in Information Theory.

Arias-Gonzalez J Ricardo JR

Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) 20180515 5

Information is a physical entity amenable to be described by an abstract theory. The concepts associated with the creation and post-processing of the information have not, however, been mathematically established, despite being broadly used in many fields of knowledge. Here, inspired by how information is managed in biomolecular systems, we introduce writing, entailing any bit string generation, and revision, as comprising proofreading and editing, in information chains. Our formalism expands th ...[more]

PMID: 33265458

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