Computational Systems — Natural and Artificial Proceedings of the International Symposium on Synergetics at Schloß Elmau, Bavaria, May 4–9, 1987

This book contains the invited papers presented at an international sympo­ sium held at Schloss Elmau, Bavaria (FRG), May 4-9, 1987. Leading experts from neurobiology, medicine, physics, and the computer sciences joined to­ gether to present and discuss their most recent results. A particular exampl...

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Other Authors: Haken, Hermann (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1987, 1987
Edition:1st ed. 1987
Series:Springer Series in Synergetics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Introduction
  • Synergetic Computers for Pattern Recognition and Associative Memory
  • II Natural Computational Systems
  • The Representation of Space-Time in the Human Visual System
  • Neuronal Mechanisms of the First, Second, and Third Order Contrast in the Visual System
  • A Model of Figure/Ground Separation Based on Correlated Neural Activity in the Visual System
  • Self-organization of the Visual Information Channel and Solitons
  • Human Brain EEG Fields: Micro-states and Their Functional Significance
  • Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Multi-channel Alpha EEG Map Series
  • III Pattern Analysis and Pattern Formation
  • Singular System Analysis of Time Series Data
  • Geometrical Principles of Pattern Formation and Pattern Recognition
  • IV Spin Glass Models and Neural Networks
  • Dynamics of Spin Glasses and Related Models of Neural Networks
  • Mean-Field Theory of Spin Glasses and Neural Networks with Finite Coordination Number
  • Neural Networks for Associative Memory Design
  • V Physical Devices
  • Towards the Quantum Computer: Information Processing with Single Electrons.
  • Chaos and Pulsating Instabilities in Lasers
  • VI General Computational Processes
  • Systems with Statistically Coupled Processors
  • Chaotic Dynamical Systems as Machines.
  • Digital and Analog Approach to Intermittencies and 1/f Noise in a Nonlinear Helmholtz Oscillator.
  • VII Robotics
  • Towards Automatic Error Correction in Robots: Inferring the Task from the Program.
  • Index of Contributors