A MODEL FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE

In: Policy analysis: publ. quarterly for the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 67-93

Abstract

INFORMATION THEORY AIMS AT THE STUDY AND MODELING OF INFORMATION EXCHANGE PROCESSES AMONG INTERACTING AGENTS. THIS PAPER DEVELOPS A MODEL FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE. THE CONCEPTS OF PROTOCOLS, TYPES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS, MISINFORMATION AND INFORMATION DISTORTION, CODIFICATION, AND INFORMATION DISTANCE ARE INTRODUCED. EXAMPLES OF INFORMATION EXCHANGE PROCESSES ARE GIVEN.