附註:Title from e-book title screen (viewed Oct. 15, 2007).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1 Reaction-diffusion, excitation and computation -- chapter 2 Subdivision of space -- chapter 3 Computation on and with graphs -- chapter 4 Computational universality of nonlinear media -- chapter 5 Emergence of computation in excitable lattices.
摘要:Nonlinear media exhibit a variety of spatio-temporal phenomena. Circular waves, spiral waves and self-localized excitations are the most familiar examples. How to use these phenomena to perform useful computations is the main theme of this book.