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Item Details
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STATISTICAL PHYSICS OF SPIN GLASSES AND INFORMATION PROCESSING
AN INTRODUCTION |
| By: |
Hidetoshi Nishimori |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£79.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198509413 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198509417 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
19 July, 2001 |
| Series: |
International Series of Monographs on Physics 111 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
This superb book provides the reader with a general perspective of an interdisciplinary field between statistical physics and information sciences/engineering. It is effectively the only book on the subject, aside from a collection of papers published fourteen years ago. The field is a rapidly expanding one and this self-contained presentation will be sure to acquire a wide audience in physics and engineering. |
| Synopsis: |
Spin glasses are magnetic materials. Statistical mechanics, a subfield of physics, has been a powerful tool to theoretically analyse various unique properties of spin glasses. A number of new analytical techniques have been developed to establish a theory of spin glasses. Surprisingly, these techniques have turned out to offer new tools and viewpoints for the understanding of information processing problems, including neural networks, error-correcting codes, image restoration, and optimization problems. This book is one of the first publications of the past ten years that provide a broad overview of this interdisciplinary field. Most of the book is written in a self-contained manner, assuming only a general knowledge of statistical mechanics and basic probability theory. It provides the reader with a sound introduction to the field and to the analytical techniques necessary to follow its most recent developments. |
| Illustrations: |
numerous line figures, 2 halftones |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
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Non-returnable |
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