The notion of 'information content of data' for databases

This thesis is concerned with a fundamental notion of information in the context of databases. The problem of information content of a conceptual data schema appears elusive. The conventional definition of information is established upon an entropy-based quantitative theory proposed by Shannon (1948...

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Main Author: Xu, Kaibo
Published: University of the West of Scotland 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.544372