Book contents
- Animal Communication Theory
- Animal Communication Theory
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- Introduction: A primer on information and influence in animal communication
- Part I Varieties of information
- 1 Influence and information in communication networks
- 2 Animal communication as information-mediated influence
- 3 Communication as information use: insights from statistical decision theory
- 4 Communication as a transfer of information: measurement, mechanism and meaning
- 5 Natural information, intentional signs and animal communication
- Part II Influence and manipulation
- Part III Case studies
- Part IV Animal signals in evolutionary perspective
- Part V From animal signals to human language
- Index
3 - Communication as information use: insights from statistical decision theory
from Part I - Varieties of information
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2013
- Animal Communication Theory
- Animal Communication Theory
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- Introduction: A primer on information and influence in animal communication
- Part I Varieties of information
- 1 Influence and information in communication networks
- 2 Animal communication as information-mediated influence
- 3 Communication as information use: insights from statistical decision theory
- 4 Communication as a transfer of information: measurement, mechanism and meaning
- 5 Natural information, intentional signs and animal communication
- Part II Influence and manipulation
- Part III Case studies
- Part IV Animal signals in evolutionary perspective
- Part V From animal signals to human language
- Index
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- Animal Communication TheoryInformation and Influence, pp. 89 - 112Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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