Cyber-physical-social-information-thinking hyperspace: a manifold of cyberspatial entities

Abstract

Purpose This paper aims to establish a theoretic framework to provide a fundamental understanding of cyberspatial objects their existence and their identification scheme while providing a connection between cyber-enabled spaces and cyberspace. It develops an avenue to quantify general philosophical and theoretical questions precisely inherently spatial basis that produces an unprecedented space-time continuum in which cyber-enabled relations evolve. Design/methodology/approach Multidisciplinary theoretical approaches are needed to describe complex systems which in this paper are integrated in a quest for the principles underlying the structural organization and dynamics of cyberspace. A theoretic framework is presented and the spatial conception of cyber-enabled physical social information and thinking spaces and entities existence are provided. Findings With spatial objects and spatial properties cyberspace is inherently spatial. Its basic constructs are founded on its spatial qualities and producing radical space-time compression cyber-enabled spaces in which dynamic relations develop and thrive. The cyberspatial object operations are primarily built on foundations that depend on physical space and other spatial metaphors. Information space basically missing in the literature is an important part of cyberspace. Research limitations/implications This work suggested a novel analytical approach to describing cyberspace from broader perspectives and fields. Due to the novelty and divergence of cyber concepts an interdisciplinary study and methodology are needed. Thus more research toward theoretical direction could help many of the practical implementations of concepts. Practical implications The research is of particular significance in cyberspatial mechanics to describe the dynamics and behavior of cyber physical systems. For example object-based analysis functions like spatial query node pattern analysis cluster analysis spatial similarity analysis and location modeling. Originality/value Complementing the existing literature and defining information space to the research sphere a theoretical framework providing a fundamental understanding of cyberspatial objects and the general cyberspace foundation has been proposed resulting in a formalized concept of existence interactions and applications and services with respect to philosophy science and technology respectively.