Statistical linguistic laws in ecological models

Citation
P. Sastre-vazquez et al., Statistical linguistic laws in ecological models, CYBERN SYST, 30(8), 1999, pp. 697-724
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
AI Robotics and Automatic Control
Journal title
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS
ISSN journal
01969722 → ACNP
Volume
30
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
697 - 724
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-9722(199912)30:8<697:SLLIEM>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
This paper gives the theoretical setup so that an ecological model, as a pa rticular mathematical model, can be considered a text written in a formal l anguage (mathematics), and therefore, statistical linguistic laws can be ap plied to obtain information parameters in different semantic levels of the same model. The statistical laws will be useful to: a) compare semantic lev els, submodels, and different models mutually; b) prove that information te mperature parameter is an indirect measure of meaning: the significance or semantic component of information, opposed to significant, or comprehension , on the part of the observer (modeller) of the model text. We will apply t hese ideas in two practical examples.