New book Information Dynamics

[Gustavo Deco]

Dear Connectionists

    It is my pleasure to announce the publication of a NEW BOOK:

                  INFORMATION DYNAMICS:Foundations and Applications

                                       by
  
                     Gustavo DECO and Bernd SCHUERMANN



Editorial: SPRINGER-VERLAG

 Approx. 304 pp. 89 figs., ISBN 0-387-95047-8

Information Dynamics presents an interdisciplinary treatment of
nonlinear dynamical systems with an emphasis on complex systems which
transmit information in time and space. The book offers a new
theoretical approach to dynamical systems from an information theory
perspective.

The goal of the book is to provide a detailed and unified study of the
flow of information in a quantitative manner, utilizing methods and
techniques from information theory, time series analysis, nonlinear
dynamics and neural networks. The authors use analysis of test-bed
simulations, empirical data, and real-world applications to give
concrete perspectives and reinforcement for the key conceptual ideas
and methods. The formulation provides a unique and consistent
conceptual framework for the problem of discovering knowledge behind
empirical data.

Contents: Dynamical Systems Overview.- Statistical Structure Extraction
in Dynamical Systems: Parametric Formulation.- Applications: Parametric
Characterization of Time Series.- Statistical Structure Extraction in
Dynamical Systems: Nonparametric Formulation.- Applications:
Nonparametric Characterization of Time Series.- Statistical Structure
Extraction in Dynamical Systems: Semiparametric Formulation.-
Applications: Semiparametric Characterization of Time Series.-
Information Processing and Coding in Spatio-Temporal Dynamical
Systems.- Applications: Information Processing and Coding in
Spatio-Temporal Dynamical Systems.- Appendixes A,B,C,D.- References.

Info Processing Theory, Nonlinear Dynamics, Time Series Modeling,
Neural Networks

For graduates, researchers, professionals


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PD Dr.Dr.habil. Gustavo Deco
Siemens Corporate Research
Computational Neuroscience
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 Munich
Germany

Tel. +49 89 636 47373
Fax. +49 89 636 49767