Stepney, Susan orcid.org/0000-0003-3146-5401 and Kendon, Viv (2020) The representational entity in physical computing. Natural Computing. ISSN 1567-7818
Abstract
We have developed abstraction/representation (AR) theory to answer the question “When does a physical system compute?” AR theory requires the existence of a representational entity (RE), but the vanilla theory does not explicitly include the RE in its definition of physical computing. Here we extend the theory by showing how the RE forms a linked complementary model to the physical computing model. We show that the RE does not need to be a human brain, by demonstrating its use in the case of intrinsic computing in a non-human RE: a bacterium.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2020 |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2020 11:00 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 17:11 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-020-09805-3 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11047-020-09805-3 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:169088 |
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