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BL
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753885
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b573846
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by Alexander S. Mikhailov.
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Foundations of Synergetics I : : Distributed Active Systems\ by Alexander S. Mikhailov.
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| Publication Statement
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Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1994
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Springer series in synergetics, 51.
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(xii, 213 pages 76 illustrations).
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| ISBN
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3642785565
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: 9783642785566
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| Contents
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1. Introduction.- 1.1 Basic Types of Distributed Active Systems.- 1.2 Engineering and Control of Active Systems.- 2. Bistable Media.- 2.1 One-Component Models of Bistable Media.- 2.2 Trigger Waves.- 2.3 General Properties of Patterns in One-Component Bistable Media.- 2.4 Waves of Transition from an Unstable State.- 3. Excitable Media.- 3.1 Travelling Pulses.- 3.2 Cellular Automaton Models.- 3.3 Spiral Waves.- 3.4 Front Kinematics.- 3.5 Resonance, Drift, and Meandering of Spiral Waves.- 3.6 Wave Patterns in Three Dimensions.- 4. Oscillatory Media.- 4.1 Phase Dynamics.- 4.2 Plane Waves.- 4.3 Pacemakers.- 4.4 Spiral Waves.- 5. Active Media with Long-Range Inhibition.- 5.1 Integral Negative Feedback.- 5.2 Spike Patterns.- 5.3 Broad Strata.- 6. Neural Networks.- 6.1 Automata, Spins, and Neurons.- 6.2 Associative Memories.- 6.3 Complex Combinatorial Optimization.- 6.4 The Perceptron.- 6.5 Back Propagation of Errors.- 6.6 The Boltzmann Machine.- 6.7 Storage of Temporal Sequences.- 6.8 Networks with Mediators.- 7. Reproductive Networks.- 7.1 Competition and Cooperation of Reproductive Agents.- 7.2 Selection.- 7.3 Coexistence and Multistability.- 7.4 Waves of Reproduction.- 7.5 Evolution and Information Processing.- References.
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| Abstract
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This textbook (the first of two volumes) provides an introduction to the general theory of cooperative behavior in active systems of various origins. The treatment is at a level accessible to undergraduate students. Important topics include pattern formation and properties and applications of neural networks.
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Computer science.
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Geology.
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Physics.
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Q295.B935 1994
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Alexander S Mikhailov
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