Interoperability and objects Online publication date: Mon, 16-Jan-2006
by Michael Leyton
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management (IJPLM), Vol. 1, No. 2, 2006
Abstract: The book, A Generative Theory of Shape (Michael Leyton, Springer-Verlag, 2001), develops new foundations for geometry specifically designed to give a single mathematical language for the enormous range of information objects involved in the product lifecycle. This is done by giving a mathematical theory of the structure of intelligently-generated objects. It is argued that intelligence is characterised by maximising transfer and recoverability – which are, in fact, the basic properties of interoperability. Thus the book gives a mathematical theory of intelligence, and, in doing so, brings interoperability into the very foundations of geometry.
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