Bialynicki-Birula, Iwo.
Modeling Reality : How Computers Mirror Life. - 1 online resource (191 pages)
Intro -- 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 networks -- 14 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.
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 application of computers to real life situations.
9780191523991
Life.
Physics -- Philosophy.
Reality.
Electronic books.
QC6.4.R42B53 2004
006
Modeling Reality : How Computers Mirror Life. - 1 online resource (191 pages)
Intro -- 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 networks -- 14 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.
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 application of computers to real life situations.
9780191523991
Life.
Physics -- Philosophy.
Reality.
Electronic books.
QC6.4.R42B53 2004
006