Studies on Theory and design Method of Information Process in Information Engine Network

本研究项目的目的是为通信和计算机的复杂组合建立一种新的信息理论，其中信息的传输和处理被平等对待。参考经典热物理学，介绍了信息系统的一些新概念。如果集合X的信息由H（X）和T（X）表征，则任何信息设备都可以定义为作用于信息以改变其H和/或T的信息引擎。可逆或不可逆信息引擎的行为可以在熵与信息活力图中很好地描述，这与可逆或不可逆热机的行为可以用熵-温度图来表示类似，任何信息系统都涉及到信息的处理和传递，这些信息以复杂的方式相互联系，形成一个“信息网络”，可以认为是信息-发动机-复合体。基于新引入的信息引擎概念，信息网络可以转化为等效电阻网络，等效电阻网络已经得到了深入的研究，可以较容易地解决许多复杂的网络问题，这一新的理论将为复杂信息系统的分析、设计和实现提供理论基础。

The purpose of this research project is to establish a new information theory for the complex combination of communications and computers where transmission and processing of information are equally treated. Referring the classical thermal physics, some of new concepts on information systems are introduced. They are logical work q, information potential Q and information vitality T in addition to traditional entropy H.If information of an ensemble X is characterized by H (X) and T (X), any information equipment can be defined as an information engine which acts on information to change its H and/or T.Behaviors of reversible or irreversible information engine can be well described in entropy vs. information vitality diagram, which is similar to the fact that behaviors of reversible or irreversible thermal engine can be well illustrated in entropy vs.temperature diagram.Any information system involves information processing and transfer which are interrelated in a complex manner, and will become an "information network", which can be considered as the information-engine-complex. Based on the newly introduced concept of information engine, information network can be transformed to equivalent electric resistance network, which has been intensively studied and can be rather easily solved many complicated network problems.The new theory introduced by this research project will be useful as the theoretical basis for analysis, design and implementation of complex information systems.