Information: Its nature, measurement, and measurement units

Behavioral Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-103

  Simms, James R ^a  

^a Simms Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral science; Information; Information measures; Information parameters; Information units; Living systems; Living systems science; Nature of information

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041912052     PISSN: 00057940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bs.3830410201     Document Type: Article

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