Foreword
Preface
Contents
Chapter 1: Information Theory on Change to Reflection
	1.1 The Information Theory on Change
		1.1.1 Information Communication
		1.1.2 Typical achievements of the information theory on change
			Shannon Information Theory
			Expansion from Shannon Information Theory
			Information Geometry
		1.1.3 The Limitations of the Information Theory on Change
	1.2 Bottleneck Problems in Information Science
		1.2.1 Different Concept Descriptions
		1.2.2 Different Essential Connotation
		1.2.3 Difficulty to Guide the Giant Project
	1.3 The Information Theory on Reflection
		1.3.1 The Objective World and the Subjective World
		1.3.2 Trinity of the Objective World
		1.3.3 Contributions from Objective Information Theory
	1.4 Discrimination of Two Information Views
	1.5 Chapter Summary
	References
Chapter 2: Recognizing Objective Information
	2.1 Classifying Objective Information
		2.1.1 Nature Information
		2.1.2 Behavior Information
		2.1.3 Media Information
	2.2 Characterizing Objective Information
		2.2.1 Scene Features
		2.2.2 Temporal Features
		2.2.3 Carrier Features
		2.2.4 Significance Analysis
	2.3 Roles of Objective Information
		2.3.1 Summarizing the History
		2.3.2 Perceiving the Present
		2.3.3 Foreseeing the Future
	2.4 Chapter Summary
	References
Chapter 3: Modelling Objective Information: Sextuple
	3.1 Definition and Model
	3.2 Model Properties
		3.2.1 Objectivity
		3.2.2 Restorability
		3.2.3 Transitivity
		3.2.4 Compositionality
		3.2.5 Relevance
	3.3 The Sextuple Model of Information System
	3.4 Chapter Summary
	References
Chapter 4: Measuring Objective Information
	4.1 Motivations to Measure Information
		4.1.1 Prerequisite to Well Manage Information
		4.1.2 Need to Comprehensively Master Information
		4.1.3 Requirement to Thoroughly Analyze Information Systems
		4.1.4 Criteria to Measure Information
	4.2 Metric System on Information
		4.2.1 Volume
		4.2.2 Delay
		4.2.3 Scope
		4.2.4 Granularity
		4.2.5 Variety
		4.2.6 Duration
		4.2.7 Sample Rate
		4.2.8 Aggregation
		4.2.9 Coverage
		4.2.10 Distortion
		4.2.11 Mismatch
	4.3 Metric System on Information System
		4.3.1 System of Systems
		4.3.2 Metric Effects and Efficacies of Information Systems
		4.3.3 Dynamic Configurations of Information Systems
	4.4 Chapter Summary
	References
Chapter 5: Exemplifying Objective Information: Air Traffic Control System
	5.1 The Air Traffic Control System (ATCS)
	5.2 The Sextuple of ATCS
	5.3 The Information Metrics for ATCS
		5.3.1 ATCS Volume
		5.3.2 ATCS Delay
		5.3.3 ATCS Scope
		5.3.4 ATCS Granularity
		5.3.5 ATCS Variety
		5.3.6 ATCS Duration
		5.3.7 ATCS Sampling Rate
		5.3.8 ATCS Aggregation
		5.3.9 ATCS Coverage
		5.3.10 ATCS Distortion
		5.3.11 ATCS Mismatch
	5.4 Chapter Summary
	References
Chapter 6: Exemplifying Objective Information Theory: Smart Court
	6.1 Smart Court
		6.1.1 Component Systems
		6.1.2 Integrating Systems
	6.2 The Sextuple of Smart Court
	6.3 The Information Metrics for Smart Court
		6.3.1 Performance Indicator
		6.3.2 Metric Illustrations
	6.4 Supports from China Smart Court
	6.5 Chapter Summary
	References
Postscript