The role of the representational entity in physical computing

Susan Stepney, Viv Kendon

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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, and demonstrate its use in the case of intrinsic computing in a non-human RE: a bacterium.
Original languageEnglish
Pages219–231
Number of pages13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
EventUCNC 2019, Tokyo, Japan, June 2019 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 3 Jun 20197 Jun 2019
http://www.ucnc2019.uec.ac.jp/

Conference

ConferenceUCNC 2019, Tokyo, Japan, June 2019
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period3/06/197/06/19
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