| Description |
xiv, 221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction to Non-standard Computation -- 2. Molecular Computation -- 3. Genetic Algorithms -- 4. Computation in Cellular Automata: A Selected Review -- 5. The Theory of Quantum Computation: An Introduction -- 6. Quantum Computers: First Steps Towards a Realization |
| Summary |
There's never enough computer power for challenging questions. 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. A textbook for those shaping the future of computing, this volume is also pure fun |
| Notes |
Title from title screen (viewed Mar 20, 2006) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also available in print |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issuing Body |
Made available via Wiley InterScience |
| Subject |
Cellular automata.
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Computational complexity.
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Evolutionary programming (Computer science)
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Molecular computers.
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Quantum computers.
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Computational Biology.
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Computers, Hybrid.
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Computers.
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| Author |
Gramss, Tino.
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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| LC no. |
98173288 |
| ISBN |
3527294279 |
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