Statistical physics of spin glasses and information processing : an introduction /

A number of new analytical techniques have been developed to establish a theory of spin glasses. This book provides a broad overview of the interdisciplinary field between statistical physics and information sciences/engineering.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nishimori, Hidetoshi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Japanese.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Series:International series of monographs on physics ; 111.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: 1. Mean-field theory of phase transitions
  • 2. Mean-field theory of spin glasses
  • 3. Replica symmetry breaking
  • 4. Gauge theory of spin glasses
  • 5. Error-correcting codes
  • 6. Image restoration
  • 7. Associative memory
  • 8. Learning in perception
  • 9. Optimization problems
  • Index.