Scholarpedia:Invitation to Algorithmic Information Theory
Dear %NAME%,
As an editor of Scholarpedia, I would like to invite you to contribute an entry "%TITLE%" to the Algorithmic Information Theory chapter of Encyclopedia of Computational Intelligence, which is hosted by Scholarpedia, the free peer reviewed encyclopedia. This project, being a synthesis of philosophies of Wikipedia and Encyclopedias like Britannica, is ambitious and unique. You can read more about it at http://www.scholarpedia.org.
This chapter will also be a part of Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence and Encyclopedia of Computer Science, when these projects are started. Currently, it has the following articles:
- Algorithmic Information Theory (by M. Hutter),
- Algorithmic "Kolmogorov" Complexity (by M. Hutter),
- Algorithmic "Solomonoff" Probability (by S. Legg),
- Algorithmic "Martin-Loef" Randomness (by J. Reimann and R. Downey),
- Universal "Levin" Search (by M. Gagliolo).
- Applications of Algorithmic Information Theory (M. Li and P. Vitanyi),
- Recursion Theory,
I have created the following account for you in Scholarpedia: Username: %USERNAME% Password: %PASSWORD% To accept this invitation, please click %URL% %YOURNAMEWASSUGGESTED% You can write your article alone or with co-authors. If you want to change the title or have other preferences, please let me know. Your article will be peer-reviewed and, upon acceptance, you will become the curator of the topic "%TITLE%" in Scholarpedia. The Encyclopedia of Computational Intelligence will be published in a printed form, but its main purpose is to remain online so that it can evolve and be maintained by the community.
If you cannot write this article within a reasonable period of time, please let me know as soon as possible, or click %URL%&no=1
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I hope your schedule would allow you to contribute to the Encyclopedia. If you cannot write this article, please let me know ASAP so that I can invite another expert or initiate election of authors for the article. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely Yours, Marcus Hutter - Editor of Scholarpedia. Australian National University.
