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The Computational Beauty of Nature - Gary William Flake

The Computational Beauty of Nature

Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation
Buch | Softcover
520 Seiten
2000
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-56127-3 (ISBN)
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Gary William Flake develops in depth the simple idea that recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviors.

In this book Gary William Flake develops in depth the simple idea that recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviors. Distinguishing "agents" (e.g., molecules, cells, animals, and species) from their interactions (e.g., chemical reactions, immune system responses, sexual reproduction, and evolution), Flake argues that it is the computational properties of interactions that account for much of what we think of as "beautiful" and "interesting." From this basic thesis, Flake explores what he considers to be today's four most interesting computational topics: fractals, chaos, complex systems, and adaptation.

Each of the book's parts can be read independently, enabling even the casual reader to understand and work with the basic equations and programs. Yet the parts are bound together by the theme of the computer as a laboratory and a metaphor for understanding the universe. The inspired reader will experiment further with the ideas presented to create fractal landscapes, chaotic systems, artificial life forms, genetic algorithms, and artificial neural networks.
Reihe/Serie A Bradford Book
Sprache englisch
Maße 203 x 229 mm
Gewicht 907 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Theorie / Studium
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Angewandte Mathematik
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geometrie / Topologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10 0-262-56127-1 / 0262561271
ISBN-13 978-0-262-56127-3 / 9780262561273
Zustand Neuware
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