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COMPUTATION: THE MICRO AND THE MACRO VIEW
edited by B A Huberman (Xerox Palo Alto Res. Ctr.)
The laws and methodology of physics are starting to provide powerful insights into the nature and dynamics of computation. This book contains a number of articles that illustrate how fields ranging from quantum mechanics to statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics can help elucidate the nature of computation.
Contents:
- Quantum Limits on Information Transmission for Single and Many
Channels Architectures (M Schiffer)
- Algorithmic Randomness, Physical Entropy, Measurements, and the Second Law (W H Zurek)
- Cooperative Problem Solving (S H Clearwater, T Hogg & B A Huberman)
- Directed-Graph Epidemiological Models of Computer Viruses (J O Kephart & S R White)
- The Use of Physics Concepts in Computation (G C Fox)
Readership: Computer scientists and physicists.
"The saving grace is the serious nature of the articles and the considerable number of useful references they provide in their respective areas."
| 172pp |
Pub. date: Sept 1992 |
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