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The representational entity in physical computing

Stepney, Susan; Kendon, Viv

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Susan Stepney



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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Stepney, S., & Kendon, V. (2021). The representational entity in physical computing. Natural Computing, 20(2), 233-242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-020-09805-3

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 1, 2020
Online Publication Date Sep 18, 2020
Publication Date 2021-06
Deposit Date Oct 7, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Natural Computing
Print ISSN 1567-7818
Electronic ISSN 1572-9796
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 20
Issue 2
Pages 233-242
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-020-09805-3

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