Non-standard computation : molecular computation, cellular automata, evolutionary algorithms, quantum computers /
Problems such as the design of turbines consisting of more than 100 parts or the simulation of systems of some 50 interacting particles are far beyond today's computer capacities. Or, how to find the shortest phone line connecting 100 given cities? The most promising answers to such questions c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Weinheim ; New York :
Wiley-VCH,
©1998.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Problems such as the design of turbines consisting of more than 100 parts or the simulation of systems of some 50 interacting particles are far beyond today's computer capacities. Or, how to find the shortest phone line connecting 100 given cities? The most promising answers to such questions come from unconventional technologies. The massive parallelism of molecular computers or the ingenious use of quantum systems by universal quantum computers provide solutions to the dilemma. And as for the phone line problem - genetic algorithms mimick the way nature found its way from the first cells to today's creatures. While relying on conventional computer hardware, they introduce an element of chance on the software level, thus circumventing the disadvantages of traditional deterministic algorithms. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 221 pages : : illustrations (some color.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783527602964 (electronic bk.) 3527602968 (electronic bk.) |