| New Directions in Statistical Physics: Econophysics, Bioinformatics, and Pattern Recognition Contributor(s): Wille, Luc T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642077390 ISBN-13: 9783642077395 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational - Science | Applied Sciences - Computers | Image Processing |
| Dewey: 530.159 |
| Physical Information: 363 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 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. |