1st Edition

Complex Systems Dynamics (volume Ii)

By Gerard Weisbuch Copyright 1991
    208 Pages
    by CRC Press

    208 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This book provides an accessible introduction to complex systems viewed as networks of automata, using primarily examples drawn from the physics of disordered systems, neural networks, and the origins of life. It is helpful for readers with a university education in science or engineering.

    1. Introduction 2. Definitions 3. Cellular Automata 4. Two-Dimensional Cellular Automata 5. The Hopfield Model 6. Beyond the Hopfield Model 7. Hidden Units 8. Statistical Physics 9. Simulated Annealing 10. Random Boolean Networks 11. Genotypes and Phenotypes 12. Conclusions