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New Directions in Statistical Physics

Econophysics, Bioinformatics, and Pattern Recognition

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Luc T. Wille

    1. Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Fundamental Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Predicting the Direction of a Time Series

      • Dimitrios D. Thomakos
      Pages 3-15

    3. On the Variability of Timing in a Spatially Continuous System with Heterogeneous Connectivity

      • Viktor K. Jirsa
      Pages 17-30

    4. First Passage Time Problem: A Fokker-Planck Approach

      • Mingzhou Ding, Govindan Rangarajan
      Pages 31-46

    5. First- and Last-Passage Algorithms in Diffusion Monte Carlo

      • James A. Given, Chi-Ok Hwang, Michael Mascagni
      Pages 47-66

  3. Econophysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. An Updated Review of the LLS Stock Market Model: Complex Market Ecology, Power Laws in Wealth Distribution and Market Returns

      • Sorin Solomon, Moshe Levy
      Pages 69-91

    3. Patterns, Trends and Predictions in Stock Market Indices and Foreign Currency Exchange Rates

      • Marcel Ausloos, Kristinka Ivanova
      Pages 93-114

    4. Toward an Understanding of Financial Markets using Multi-agent Games

      • Neil F. Johnson, David Lamper, Paul Jefferies, Michael L. Hart
      Pages 115-127

    5. Towards Understanding the Predictability of Stock Markets from the Perspective of Computational Complexity

      • James Aspnes, David F. Fischer, Michael J. Fischer, Ming-Yang Kao, Alok Kumar
      Pages 129-151

    6. Patterns in Economic Phenomena

      • H. E. Stanley, P. Gopikrishnan, V. Plerou, M. A. Salinger
      Pages 153-169

  4. Bioinformatics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. New Algorithms and the Physics of Protein Folding

      • Ulrich H. E. Hansmann
      Pages 173-192

    3. Sequence Alignment in Bioinformatics

      • Yi-Kuo Yu
      Pages 193-212

    4. Resolution of Some Paradoxes in B-Cell Binding and Activation: A Computer Study

      • Gyan Bhanot
      Pages 213-224

    5. Proliferation and Competition in Discrete Biological Systems

      • Yoram Louzoun, Sorin Solomon
      Pages 225-242

    6. Privacy and Data Exchanges

      • Bernardo A. Huberman
      Pages 243-250

  5. Pattern Recognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    2. Statistical Physics and the Clustering Problem

      • Sebastiano Stramaglia, Leonardo Angelini, Carmela Marangi, Luigi Nitti, Mario Pellicoro
      Pages 253-272
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About this book

Statistical physics addresses the study and understanding of systems with many degrees of freedom. As such it has a rich and varied history, with applications to thermodynamics, magnetic phase transitions, and order/disorder transformations, to name just a few. However, the tools of statistical physics can be profitably used to investigate any system with a large number of components. Thus, recent years have seen these methods applied in many unexpected directions, three of which are the main focus of this volume. These applications have been remarkably successful and have enriched the financial, biological, and engineering literature. Although reported in the physics literature, the results tend to be scattered and the underlying unity of the field overlooked. This book provides a unique insight into the latest breakthroughs in a consistent manner, at a level accessible to undergraduates, yet with enough attention to the theory and computation to satisfy the professional researcher.

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"The tools and techniques of statistical physics are increasingly … . This volume nicely illustrates some of these accomplishments through an eclectic mix of eighteen articles by some of the key initiators of the new directions. … The editor’s aim was to put together a volume … . he has been highly successful in this endeavor. Beyond reflecting on progress to date, the articles in many cases point the way to future developments." (Murray Batchelor, The Physicist, Vol. 41 (6), 2004)

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  • Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

    Luc T. Wille

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