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Computational Systems — Natural and Artificial

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Synergetics at Schloß Elmau, Bavaria, May 4–9, 1987

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Hermann Haken

    1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart 80, Fed. Rep. of Germany
      Center for Complex Systems, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Synergetics (SSSYN, volume 38)

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Table of contents (18 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  3. Natural Computational Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. The Representation of Space-Time in the Human Visual System

      • J. J. Koenderink, A. J. van Doorn
      Pages 24-34

    3. Neuronal Mechanisms of the First, Second, and Third Order Contrast in the Visual System

      • G. Baumgartner, E. Peterhans, R. von der Heydt
      Pages 35-43

    4. A Model of Figure/Ground Separation Based on Correlated Neural Activity in the Visual System

      • H. J. Reitböck, R. Eckhorn, M. Pabst
      Pages 44-54

    5. Self-organization of the Visual Information Channel and Solitons

      • R. S. Ingarden
      Pages 55-64

    6. Human Brain EEG Fields: Micro-states and Their Functional Significance

      • D. Lehmann, D. Brandeis, H. Ozaki, I. Pal
      Pages 65-73

    7. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Multi-channel Alpha EEG Map Series

      • A. Fuchs, R. Friedrich, H. Haken, D. Lehmann
      Pages 74-83

  4. Pattern Analysis and Pattern Formation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Singular System Analysis of Time Series Data

      • E. R. Pike
      Pages 86-96

    3. Geometrical Principles of Pattern Formation and Pattern Recognition

      • W. Güttinger, P. Haug, D. Lang
      Pages 97-116

  5. Spin Glass Models and Neural Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Dynamics of Spin Glasses and Related Models of Neural Networks

      • H. Horner
      Pages 118-132

    3. Mean-Field Theory of Spin Glasses and Neural Networks with Finite Coordination Number

      • I. Kanter
      Pages 133-141

    4. Neural Networks for Associative Memory Design

      • L. Personnaz, I. Guyon, G. Dreyfus
      Pages 142-151

  6. Physical Devices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Towards the Quantum Computer: Information Processing with Single Electrons

      • G. Mahler, K. Obermayer
      Pages 154-165

    3. Chaos and Pulsating Instabilities in Lasers

      • R. G. Harrison, J. V. Moloney, J. S. Uppal
      Pages 166-175
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About this book

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 example of the natural computational systems discussed is the visual system of man and animals. A bridge between neural networks and physical systems is provided by spin glass models of neural networks, which were also treated. Concrete realizations of new kinds of devices in microelectronics were among the further topics, as were general problems on the calculation of chaotic orbits. In this way these proceedings present a number of quite recent ap­ proaches to problems which are of great current interest in fields concerned with computational systems. Bringing together scientists from neurobiology, physics, and the computer sciences has been one of the main aims of the synergetics enterprise, and in particular of its international symposia, from the very beginning. For exam­ ple, its first meeting held in 1972 at Schloss Elmau included, among others, papers by R. Landauer and J. W. F. Woo on cooperative phenomena in data processing, by W. Reichardt on mechanisms of pattern recognition by the visual system of insects, by B. Julesz on stereoscopic depth perception, and by H. R. Wilson on cooperative phenomena in a homogeneous cortical tissue model. Whole meetings and the corresponding proceedings were devoted to these problems, e. g.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart 80, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Hermann Haken

  • Center for Complex Systems, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

    Hermann Haken

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Computational Systems — Natural and Artificial

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Synergetics at Schloß Elmau, Bavaria, May 4–9, 1987

  • Editors: Hermann Haken

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Synergetics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73089-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-73091-7Published: 21 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-73089-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-7389

  • Series E-ISSN: 2198-333X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 215

  • Topics: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

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