Author: Samson Abramsky
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821849239
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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This volume is based on the 2008 Clifford Lectures on Information Flow in Physics, Geometry and Logic and Computation, held March 12-15, 2008, at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. The varying perspectives of the researchers are evident in the topics represented in the volume, including mathematics, computer science, quantum physics and classical and quantum information. A number of the articles address fundamental questions in quantum information and related topics in quantum physics, using abstract categorical and domain-theoretic models for quantum physics to reason about such systems and to model spacetime. Readers can expect to gain added insight into the notion of information flow and how it can be understood in many settings. They also can learn about new approaches to modeling quantum mechanics that provide simpler and more accessible explanations of quantum phenomena, which don't require the arcane aspects of Hilbert spaces and the cumbersome notation of bras and kets.
Author: Aleksandr I?Akovlevich Khinchin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486604349
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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First comprehensive introduction to information theory explores the work of Shannon, McMillan, Feinstein, and Khinchin. Topics include the entropy concept in probability theory, fundamental theorems, and other subjects. 1957 edition.
Author: Jan Eijck
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262220477
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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The logic of information flow has applications in both computer science and natural language processing and is a growing area within mathematical and philosophical logic.
Author: Matthias Dehmer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 3527339094
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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This latest addition to the successful Network Biology series presents current methods for determining the entropy of networks, making it the first to cover the recently established Quantitative Graph Theory. An excellent international team of editors and contributors provides an up-to-date outlook for the field, covering a broad range of graph entropy-related concepts and methods. The topics range from analyzing mathematical properties of methods right up to applying them in real-life areas. Filling a gap in the contemporary literature this is an invaluable reference for a number of disciplines, including mathematicians, computer scientists, computational biologists, and structural chemists.
Author: Mário S. Alvim
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3319961314
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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This book presents a comprehensive mathematical theory that explains precisely what information flow is, how it can be assessed quantitatively – so bringing precise meaning to the intuition that certain information leaks are small enough to be tolerated – and how systems can be constructed that achieve rigorous, quantitative information-flow guarantees in those terms. It addresses the fundamental challenge that functional and practical requirements frequently conflict with the goal of preserving confidentiality, making perfect security unattainable. Topics include: a systematic presentation of how unwanted information flow, i.e., "leaks", can be quantified in operationally significant ways and then bounded, both with respect to estimated benefit for an attacking adversary and by comparisons between alternative implementations; a detailed study of capacity, refinement, and Dalenius leakage, supporting robust leakage assessments; a unification of information-theoretic channels and information-leaking sequential programs within the same framework; and a collection of case studies, showing how the theory can be applied to interesting realistic scenarios. The text is unified, self-contained and comprehensive, accessible to students and researchers with some knowledge of discrete probability and undergraduate mathematics, and contains exercises to facilitate its use as a course textbook.
Author: Catuscia Palamidessi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540678972
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 631
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This volume contains the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2000) held in State College, Pennsylvania, USA, during 22-25 August 2000. The purpose of the CONCUR conferences is to bring together researchers, developers, and students in order to advance the theory of concurrency and promote its applications. Interest in this topic is continuously growing, as a consequence of the importance and ubiquity of concurrent systems and their - plications, and of the scienti?c relevance of their foundations. The scope covers all areas of semantics, logics, and veri?cation techniques for concurrent systems. Topics include concurrency related aspects of: models of computation, semantic domains, process algebras, Petri nets, event structures, real-time systems, hybrid systems, decidability, model-checking, veri?cation techniques, re?nement te- niques, term and graph rewriting, distributed programming, logic constraint p- gramming, object-oriented programming, typing systems and algorithms, case studies, tools, and environments for programming and veri?cation. The ?rst two CONCUR conferences were held in Amsterdam (NL) in 1990 and 1991. The following ones in Stony Brook (USA), Hildesheim (D), Uppsala (S), Philadelphia (USA), Pisa (I), Warsaw (PL), Nice (F), and Eindhoven (NL). The proceedings have appeared in Springer LNCS, as Volumes 458, 527, 630, 715, 836, 962, 1119, 1243, 1466, and 1664.
Author: Jon Barwise
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521583862
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Information is a central topic in computer science, cognitive science and philosophy. Drawing on ideas from these subjects, this book addresses the definition and place of information in society.
Author: Roberto Amadio
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540784977
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 519
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computational Structures, FOSSACS 2008, held in Budapest, Hungary, in March/April 2008 as part of ETAPS 2008, the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software. The 33 revised full papers presented together with the abstract of 1 invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 124 submissions. A broad variety of theories and methods to support analysis, synthesis, transformation and verification of programs and software systems are addressed, including the following topics: algebraic models, automata and language theory, behavioural equivalences, categorical models, computation processes over discrete and continuous data, infinite state systems, computational structures, logics of programs, modal, spatial, and temporal logics, models of concurrent, reactive, distributed, and mobile systems, process algebras and calculi, semantics of programming languages, software specification and refinement, type systems and type theory, fundamentals of security, semi-structured data, program correctness and verification.
Author: Alessandro Aldini
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 364213677X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 175
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This book presents a set of 4 papers accompanying the lectures of leading researchers given at the 10th edition of the International School on Formal Methods for the Design of Computer, Communication and Software Systems, SFM 2010, held in Bertinoro, Italy, in June 2010. SFM 2010 was devoted to formal methods for quantitative aspects of programming languages and covered several topics including probabilistic and timed models, model checking, static analysis, quantum computing, real-time and embedded systems, and security.
Author: Henk C.A. van Tilborg
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 144195905X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 1457
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This comprehensive encyclopedia provides easy access to information on all aspects of cryptography and security. The work is intended for students, researchers and practitioners who need a quick and authoritative reference to areas like data protection, network security, operating systems security, and more.
