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Apples & oranges? Comparing unconventional computers
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Complexity theorists routinely compare—via the pre-ordering induced by asymptotic notation—the efficiency of computers so as to ascertain which offers the most efficient solution to a given problem. Tacit in this statement, however, is that the computers conform to a standard computational model: that is, they are Turing machines, random-access machines or similar. However, whereas meaningful comparison between these conventional computers is well understood and correctly practised, that of n...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Funding agency for:
Blakey, E
Grant:
EP/G003017/1
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- North Atlantic University Union (NAUN) Publisher's website
- Journal:
- International Journal of Computers Journal website
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 185-192
- Publication date:
- 2010-01-01
- EISSN:
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1998-4308
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- English
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- ora:4935
- Deposit date:
- 2011-02-11
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- Copyright holder:
- Blakey, E
- Copyright date:
- 2010
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