Media Theory: Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics
David Eppstein, Jean-Claude Falmagne, Sergei Ovchinnikov
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2007-10-11
- 售價: $4,430
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $4,209
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 328
- 裝訂: Hardcover
- ISBN: 3540716963
- ISBN-13: 9783540716969
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The focus of this book is a mathematical structure modeling a physical or biological system that can be in any of a number of `states.' Each state is characterized by a set of binary features, and differs from some other neighbor state or states by just one of those feature. A simple example of a `state is a partial solution of a jigsaw puzzle, which can be transformed into another partial solution or into the final solution just by adding or removing a single adjoining piece. The evolution of such a system over time is considered. Such a structure is analyzed from algebraic and probabilistic (stochastic) standpoints.