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.