O Fluxo de Informações na Auditoria Pública e a Teoria Matemática da Comunicação

William Guedes; Rogério Henrique de Araújo Júnior

doi:10.5007/1518-2924.2014v19n40p33

The flow of information in public audit and the Mathematical theory of Communication

Authors

William Guedes Universidade de Brasília.
Rogério Henrique de Araújo Júnior Universidade de Brasília.

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https://doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2014v19n40p33

Keywords:

Information Science, Mathematical theory of communication, Informational cycle, Communication systems

Abstract

Addresses the similarities between the informational cycle on public audit activity and concepts presented by The Mathematical Theory of Communication proposed by Claude Shannon in 1948, such as noise, redundancy, capacity of the communication channel and encoding. Processes of selection, storage, technical treatment of documents and information retrieval in the internal control system were verified in a case study, as well as the factors that interfere in the quality of communication performed through documents. The issue of neutrality of the communication channel is also addressed, theme present in discussions on information science, such as the appraisal of a document according to archival theory. Finally, analogies are delimited between mathematical theory and the informational cycle, considering that any support that presents information to be treated from the informational point of view is a document and also a communication channel.

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Author Biographies

William Guedes, Universidade de Brasília.

Mestre em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade de Brasília. Analista de Finanças e Controle da Controladoria-Geral da União. Pesquisador da UnB.

Rogério Henrique de Araújo Júnior, Universidade de Brasília.

Doutor em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade de Brasília e Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Ciência da Informação e Documentação da mesma Universidade. É co-líder do Grupo de Pesquisa: Representação e Organização da Informação e do Conhecimento.

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DURANTI, L. The concept of appraisal and archival theory. The American Archivist, vol. 57, n. 2, p. 328-344, Spring. 1994.

GUEDES, W. Necessidades informacionais da auditoria pública: estudo qualitativo do fluxo de informação a partir da teoria matemática da comunicação. 2013. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciência da Informação) – Universidade de Brasília.

SHANNON, C. E. A Mathematical Theory of Communication. The Bell System Technical Journal, v. 27, p. 379-423, 623-656, 1948. Disponível em: <http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/shannon1948.pdf>. Acesso em: 03 jul. 2013.

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Published

2014-08-02

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GUEDES, William; ARAÚJO JÚNIOR, Rogério Henrique de. The flow of information in public audit and the Mathematical theory of Communication. Encontros Bibli: revista eletrônica de biblioteconomia e ciência da informação, [S. l.], v. 19, n. 40, p. 33–50, 2014. DOI: 10.5007/1518-2924.2014v19n40p33. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/eb/article/view/1518-2924.2014v19n40p33. Acesso em: 8 apr. 2025.

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