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Białynicki-Birula Iwo |
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Titolo |
Modeling reality [[electronic resource] ] : how computers mirror life / / Iwo Białynicki-Birula, Iwona Białynicka-Birula |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-4356-0969-7 |
0-19-152399-2 |
1-280-90304-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Reality |
Life |
Physics - Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-175) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1 From building blocks to computers: Models and modeling; 2 The game of life: A legendary cellular automaton; 3 Heads or tails: Probability of an event; 4 Galton's board: Probability and statistics; 5 Twenty questions: Probability and information; 6 Snowflakes: The evolution of dynamical systems; 7 The Lorenz butterfly: Deterministic chaos; 8 From Cantor to Mandelbrot: Self-similarity and fractals; 9 Typing monkeys: Statistical linguistics; 10 The bridges of Königsberg: Graph theory; 11 Prisoner's dilemma: Game theory; 12 Let the best man win: Genetic algorithms |
13 Computers can learn: Neural networks14 Unpredictable individuals: Modeling society; 15 Universal computer: The Turing machine; 16 Hal, R2D2, and Number 5: Artificial intelligence; Epilog; Programs; Further reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is for everyone (college and high-school students, school teachers and the general public) who wants to learn about many fascinating ideas that have come to the fore with recent advances in the |
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