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Information field theory of A. A. Denisov – 50 years

50 years ago, in 1974, A. A. Denisov proposed a theory based on a dialectical generalization of the laws of functioning and development of systems of various physical natures, which he called the theory of the information field. The theory is based on the use of the apparatus of mathematical field theory to explain the laws of information reflection, which determined its name. Based on this theory, significant results were obtained for the study of motion control processes in continuous spatio-temporal and arbitrarily evolving situations. The use of this theory for the study of open distributed information systems seems promising. Subsequently, a discrete version of the theory was developed, which allows explaining the process of reflection and transformation of information and became the basis for the development of a number of practical applications, some of which are given in this article. This article characterizes the prerequisites for the emergence of this theory, the main ideas and concepts of the theory and its contribution that, over the 50 years, scientists and students united by the Scientific and Pedagogical School “System Analysis in Engineering and Control”, have made on the basis of this theory in the development systems theory, computer science and other sciences of systems. Information is provided on the application of A. A. Denisov’s ideas and the development of models for specific applications based on them. The authors of the article, including Anatoly Alekseevich’s students, was developing, appliing and are currently developing models of information theory of A. A. Denisov, proving the usefulness of theoretical knowledge for solving practical problems. Read more...

Development of the information system of territorial government administrate body

The paper analyzes the experience of development of automation of information provisioning of administrative bodies of territorial government. The analysis made it possible to understand that the information provision of administrative government is fundamentally different from the creation of information systems for industrial enterprises. The example of a specific district administration shows that the creation of a single automated information system in its original understanding in the theory of information systems is impossible. The implementation of the concept of “growing” the system of F. E. Temnikov based on the registration and analysis of incoming requests is presented. The idea was proposed by one of the authors of the article, the head of information and communication department of the Administration of the Kalininsky district of St. Petersburg). After the accumulation of a large volume of unordered decisions and acquired technical means, the concept and model of a multi-level information and control complex were proposed and applied taking into account the features of the administrative government body, providing a holistic view of the accumulated information support. The concept is based on the definition of the system definition article. Stratified model analysis methods have been proposed, helping to development and adjust the structure of the information-control complex. The prospects methods of creating an information system based on the application of service architecture for the field of administrative-government are considered. The relevance of the study is that it shows the usefulness of analyzing the history of information system development of a specific district administration of a city to development a theory of creating administrative management information systems. Read more...