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Analysis and Design from a Viewpoint of Information Flow

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Foundations of the Formal Sciences II

Part of the book series: Trends in Logic ((TREN,volume 17))

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By using a mathematical theory of information flow built up by Barwise and Seligman and an abstract scheme of design formulated within the theory, we shall show that analysis and design are dual concepts from a viewpoint of information flow between knowledge and the real world.

This research is partly supported by JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No. 13650068). The author would like to thank the anonymous referee for valuable comments on the former version of this note. He thanks also Yuzuru Kakuda and Toshiharu Taura for stimulative discussions.

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Kikuchi, M. (2003). Analysis and Design from a Viewpoint of Information Flow. In: Löwe, B., Malzkom, W., Räsch, T. (eds) Foundations of the Formal Sciences II. Trends in Logic, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0395-6_9

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