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An optical model of computation

Woods, Damien and Naughton, Thomas J. (2005) An optical model of computation. Theoretical Computer Science, 334 . pp. 227-258.

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Abstract

We prove computability and complexity results for an original model of computation called the continuous space machine. Our model is inspired by the theory of Fourier optics. We prove our model can simulate analog recurrent neural networks, thus establishing a lower bound on its computational power. We also dene a (log2 n) unordered search algorithm with our model.

Keywords:continuous space machine, unconventional model of computation, analog computation, optical computing, computability, computational complexity, analog recurrent neural network, Fourier transform, binary search, unordered search.
Subjects:Science & Engineering > Computer Science
ID Code:571
Deposited By:Dr. Thomas Naughton
Deposited On:21 Jun 2007
Journal or Publication Title:Theoretical Computer Science
Publisher:Elsevier
Refereed:Yes
URL:http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505625/description#description

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