Dynamics of Computing Structures
Bernardo A. Huberman · Physica Scripta · 1985
Complex systems, such as biological organisms and computing structures, lie between the realms of statistical mechanics and the physics of a few degrees of freedom. Moreover, they can exhibit self-organized behavior which in many cases is characterized by learning, recognition and fault tolerance. This talk will describe studies of adaptive parallel computers which are capable of reliable learning and recognition. The existence of attractors in their dynamical behavior leads to a novel self-repairing mechanism which has been tested by quantitative experiments. Moreover, we will show how these highly concurrent structures, which are capable of universal computation, can be used to study simple, fault-tolerant, perceptual tasks.