Toward a systemic notion of information: Practical consequences

Informing Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Callaos, Nagib ^a,b,c,d   Callaos, Belkis ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b IEEE   (Venezuela)

^c International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS)   (Venezuela)

^d International Federation of Systems Research (IFSR)   (Venezuela)

^e Callaos and Associates   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Information Meaning; Information Systems; Informing Sciences; Pragmatic Meaning; Systemic Definition

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444399279     PISSN: 15214672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/532     Document Type: Review

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