VISUAL PERCEPTION: AN OUTLINE OF A GENERATIVE THEORY OF INFORMATION FLOW ORGANIZATION

In this study, we report the investigations conducted on the mimetic behavior of a new humanoid robot called Alter3. Alter3 autonomously imitates the motions of a person in front of it and stores the motion sequences in its memory. Alter3 also uses a self-simulator to simulate its own motions before executing them and generates a self-image. If the visual perception (of a person's motion being imitated) and the imitating self-image differ significantly, Alter3 retrieves a motion sequence closer to the target motion from its memory and executes it. We investigate how this mimetic behavior develops interacting with human, by analyzing memory dynamics and information flow between Alter3 and a interacting person. One important observation from this study is that when Alter3 fails to imitate a person's motion, the person tend to imitate Alter3 instead. This tendency is quantified by the alternation of the direction of information flow. This spontaneous role-switching behavior between a human and Alter3 is a way to initiate personality formation (i.e., personogenesis) in Alter3.

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An Extension of the Theory of Information Flow to Semiconcept and Protoconcept Graphs

Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Conceptual Structures at Work ◽

10.1007/978-3-540-27769-9_14 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 213-226

Author(s):

Grit Malik

Keyword(s):

Information Flow ◽

Theory Of Information

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Developing measures for the evaluation of information flow efficiency in supply chains

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management ◽

10.4102/jtscm.v7i1.88 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Johanna A. Badenhorst ◽

Claus Maurer ◽

Tersia Brevis-Landsberg

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Information Flow ◽

Business Performance ◽

Flow Characteristics ◽

Information Flows ◽

Chain Management ◽

Management Literature ◽

Theory Of Information

Member organisations in a supply chain are dependent on each other to provide material, services and information to perform optimally in the supply chain. Efficient, unrestricted information flow is needed in supply chains to function properly. Information flow is thus an element of supply chain management that needs to be managed. Yet, no indication could be found in supply chain management literature of the measurement of information flow efficiency. Hence, the aim of this article is to explore the measurement of information flow efficiency in supply chain management (SCM) and exploratively develop possible measures (indicators and associated metrics) to measure the efficiency of information flow.In this research the theory of information and related concepts, the basic notions of information systems and the models of business performance measurement were explored. Based on information flow theory and information flow characteristics a research instrument was developed. It was used in a survey to seek inputs from supply chain managers as to the usefulness of characteristics as indicators and metrics for the measurement of information flow efficiency in a supply chain. The main contribution of the study is the development of a conceptual framework of indicators and metrics that may be used to evaluate the efficiency of information flows in supply chains. The results of this study can be used as a basis for further studies to validate the instrument for measuring information flow efficiency and to develop scales to actually measure information flow efficiency.

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