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Synergetic Computers and Cognition

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The purpose of this book is at least three-fold.

  1. 1)

    It presents a new computer concept with explicit examples of its applications.

  2. 2)

    It shows how synergetics leads us to the idea that pattern recognition and, more generally, cognitive processes can be conceived as spontaneous pattern formation.

  3. 3)

    It provides the reader with new models of cognitive processes.

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Bibliography and Comments

The following selection of books may serve to elucidate the general background

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik und Synergetik, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57/IV, D-7000, Stuttgart 80, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Hermann Haken

  2. Center for Complex Systems, Florida Atlantic University, 33431, Boca Raton, FL, USA

    Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Hermann Haken

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Haken, H. (1991). Goal. In: Synergetic Computers and Cognition. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 50. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-22450-2_1

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