Adaptive system: The study of information, pattern, and behavior
Gary W. Strong · Journal of the American Society for Information Science · 1982
Abstract Even though the word “information” has a number of different meanings, most scientific conceptions of information are unidimensional and quantitative. Such information concepts ignore the major issues of information processing in adaptive systems. A brief look at the information processing requirements of adaptive systems (focusing upon humans) suggests the existence of another dimension of information—that having to do with behavior and thus with pattern.