1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003599029707536

Autore

West, Bruce J.

Titolo

Complex Webs : Anticipating the Improbable / Bruce J. West, Paolo Grigolini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2011

ISBN

9780521113663

Descrizione fisica

x, 375 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Grigolini, Paolo, 1940-author

Disciplina

003.72

Soggetti

Dynamics - Statistical methods

Inverse relationships (Mathematics)

Inverse problems (Differential equations)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Preface; 1. Webs; 2. Webs, trees and branches; 3. Mostly linear dynamics; 4. Random walks and chaos; 5. Non-analytic dynamics; 6. Brief recent history of webs; 7. Dynamics of chance; 8. Synopsis.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910468223803321

Autore

Jaton Florian

Titolo

The constitution of algorithms : ground-truthing, programming, formulating / / Florian Jaton ; foreword by Geoffrey C. Bowker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : The MIT Press, 2021

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2020]

ISBN

0-262-36233-3

0-262-36323-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 pages)

Collana

Inside technology

Disciplina

518/.1

Soggetti

Algorithms

Computer programming

Algorithms - Social aspects

Mathematics - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: Ground-Truthing -- 1. Studying Computer Scientists -- 2. A First Case Study -- II: Programming -- 3. Von Neumann's Draft, Electronic Brains, and Cognition -- 4. A Second Case Study -- III: Formulating -- 5. Mathematics as a Science -- 6. A Third Case Study -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- Series List.

Sommario/riassunto

"Ethnographic study of the constitution of algorithms"--