Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1390 g
From Billiards to Monte Carlo
Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1390 g
ISBN: 978-3-540-42160-3
Verlag: Springer
In this book, 16 experts describe the application of methods of statistical physics to various areas in physics: disordered materials, quasicrystals, semiconductors, and also to other areas beyond physics, such as financial markets, game theory, evolution, and traffic planning, in which statistical physics has recently become significant.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Soziophysik, Wirtschaftsphysik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Statistische Physik, Dynamische Systeme
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Mathematische Statistik
Weitere Infos & Material
1 Game Theory and Statistical Mechanics.- 2 Chaotic Billiards.- 3 Combinatorial Optimization and High Dimensional Billiards.- 4 The Statistical Physics of Energy Landscapes: From Spin Glasses to Optimization.- 5 Optimization of Production Lines by Methods from Statistical Physics.- 6 Predicting and Generating Time Series by Neural Networks: An Investigation Using Statistical Physics.- 7 Statistical Physics of Cellular Automata Models for Traffic Flow.- 8 Self-Organized Criticality in Forest-Fire Models.- 9 Nonlinear Dynamics of Active Brownian Particles.- 10 Financial Time Series and Statistical Mechanics.- 11 ‘Go with the Winners’ Simulations.- 12 Aperiodicity and Disorder — Do They Play a Role?.- 13 Quantum Phase Transitions.- 14 Introduction to Energy Level Statistics.- 15 Randomness in Optical Spectra of Semiconductor Nanostructures.- 16 Characterization of the Metal—Insulator Transition in the Anderson Model of Localization.- 17 Percolation, Renormalization and Quantum Hall Transition.
