• DocumentCode
    603749
  • Title

    On the improbability of algorithmic specified complexity

  • Author

    Ewert, W. ; Marks, Robert J. ; Dembski, W.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Baylor Univ. Waco, Waco, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    11-11 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    68
  • Lastpage
    70
  • Abstract
    An event with low probability is unlikely to happen, but events with low probability happen all of the time. This is because many distinct low probability events can have a large combined probability. However, some low probability events can be seen to follow an independent pattern. Algorithmic specified complexity (ASC) measures the degree to which an event is improbable and follows a pattern. We show a bound on the probability of obtaining a particular value of algorithmic specified complexity. Consequently we can say that high ASC objects are improbable.
  • Keywords
    computational complexity; probability; ASC objects; algorithmic specified complexity improbability; low probability events; Complexity theory; Computer languages; Computers; Educational institutions; Information theory; Probability distribution; Upper bound; Kolmogorov complexity; algorithmic information theory; specified complexity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    System Theory (SSST), 2013 45th Southeastern Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Waco, TX
  • ISSN
    0094-2898
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0037-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SSST.2013.6524962
  • Filename
    6524962