infmia

Infmia is a term that appears in speculative discussions and in some fictional works to denote a hypothetical framework for characterizing information flow and significance in complex systems. It is not a standard concept in established information theory, and there is no consensus definition.

In the broad set of proposals, infmia describes a scalar or vector measure intended to capture the value of information to an observer or agent, accounting for context, timing, and network structure. Some formulations treat infmia as the minimum information content required to produce a specified outcome in a model, while others define it as a normalized index of information significance across nodes, bounded between zero and one. Because there is no single formalism, different authors may operationalize infmia with different metrics, units, and thresholds.

Applications and reception: Infmia is mainly discussed in thought experiments, speculative theory, or fiction as a device to explore questions about information relevance, decision-making, and collective dynamics. In mainstream research, related ideas are typically framed in terms of entropy, mutual information, or information flow rather than under the infmia label.

Related topics include information theory, entropy, mutual information, information flow, and complex networks.