Semion

 In order to build a computable model of knowledge unit processing, it was derived a related concept, which aggregates a knowledge unit and a micro-interpreter into an elementary component called semion [Gudwin 2001]. Basically, semions are the basic entities of semiosis. The idea of a semion is neither just a signal, especially encoded in order to store different types of knowledge units, nor just a micro-interpreter, able to transform argumentative knowledge units into inferential behavior. A semion is both things. Whenever there is no argumentative knowledge to be interpreted, the semion degenerates simply to knowledge unit. A model of a semion can be viewed in below.

Concept - Semion: Elementary agent by means of which a semiotic system can be built.   

 

 The descriptive content of Semion can be divided into five sectors:

The Semions can be classified into classes, which depend basically on the structure of their descriptive contents, and the information that each part of it encodes. A semion also have a set of input gates that feed an input interface, and a set of output gates that are fed by the output interface.

Now, to understand the meaning of each of these sections, we need to make the semion interact with other semion in a semionic system. The interaction of semion with other semions, in a semionic system is illustrated in below.

The semions s1, s2 and s3 will perform the role of signs, s6 will perform the role of micro-interpreter and s1, s4 and s5 will perform the role of interpretants.

The behavior of the semion is divided into five different phases, which happen in sequence:

The descriptive content of these semions is changed to the newer values stored on the output interface, and after this inoculation, the output interacting semions are released back to the environment. This same process happens on all active semions on a semionic system. 

 

Semionic System: is a big system, with lost of semions interacting among them, there will be a combinatory explosion during the evaluation phase if all semions are able to interact with all other semions. In order to make this workable, a possible solution is to segregate semions to places, connecting places with arcs and allowing semions interact only with semions in places that are connected to the place where the wishful semion is located. This idea defines then a special kind of semionic system named semionic network.