Structural Information Theory

摘要: Abstract The most important formal aspects of “Structural Information Theory” are discussed. theory consists a language in which physical objects and events can be described set rules with one predict the outcome experiments perception on basis these descriptions relation between expressions is given by so-called semantic mapping. This mapping depends perceptual domain maps rows symbols onto objects. These symbols, called “primitive codes”, meaningless. Syntactic allow reformulation primitive codes into other formally less redundant least “end-codes”. To each end-code code, thus an object, added uniquely An object has several end-codes. End-codes correspond interpretations ordered according to their redundancy. order accordance preferences human beings for related interpretations. strength preference interpretation over another quotient redundancy both end-codes.Although originally was not designed account inference, it suggests basic mechanism inference conforms structure mechanism, structural implies that abstract rather than representations concrete or processed. Associative formulated as special case structuralinference; constancy conceived constancy.