Modeling Reality: How Computers Mirror Life - Couverture rigide

Bialynicki-Birula, Iwo; Bialynicka-Birula, Iwona

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198531001 ISBN 13 : 9780198531005

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2004

Synopsis

The book Modeling Reality covers a wide range of fascinating subjects, accessible to anyone who wants to learn about the use of computer modeling to solve a diverse range of problems, but who does not possess a specialized training in mathematics or computer science. The material presented is pitched at the level of high-school graduates, even though it covers some advanced topics (cellular automata, Shannon's measure of information, deterministic chaos, fractals, game theory, neural networks, genetic algorithms, and Turing machines). These advanced topics are explained in terms of well known simple concepts: Cellular automata - Game of Life, Shannon's formula - Game of twenty questions, Game theory - Television quiz, etc. The book is unique in explaining in a straightforward, yet complete, fashion many important ideas, related to various models of reality and their applications.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Iwo Bialynicki-Birula, Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw University PhD in Theoretical Physics 1959
University of Rochester, Research Associate 1959-1961
University of Pittsburgh, Visiting Professor 1969-1971, 1985-1986
University of Frankfurt, Visiting Scholar 1992-1993
University of Ulm, Alexander von Humboldt Award Recipient 1994-1995


Iwona Bialynicka-Birula, Galileo Galilei School, University of Pisa, Italy
MS in Computer Science from Warsaw University 2003

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198531001
• ISBN 13: 9780198531005
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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