Eppstein, David <br/><br/>
Media Theory  Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics/  [electronic resource]: 
by David Eppstein, Jean-Claude Falmagne, Sergei Ovchinnikov. 
 - First edition. 
 - Berlin, Heidelberg:  Springer Berlin Heidelberg,  2008. 
 -  digital. 
<br/><br/> The focus of this book is a mathematical structure modeling a physical or biological system that can be in any of a number of `states.' Each state is characterized by a set of binary features, and differs from some other neighbor state or states by just one of those feature. A simple example of a `state’ is a partial solution of a jigsaw puzzle, which can be transformed into another partial solution or into the final solution just by adding or removing a single adjoining piece. The evolution of such a system over time is considered. Such a structure is analyzed from algebraic and probabilistic (stochastic) standpoints . 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783540716976 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1007/978-3-540-71697-6  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics<br/>Information theory.<br/>Artificial intelligence.<br/>Combinatorics
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>519