This book is a comprehensive introduction to analog computing. As most textbooks about this powerful computing paradigm date back to the 1960s and 1970s, it fills a void and forges a bridge from the early days of analog computing to...

Haben Sie kürzlich eine Wasserstoffbombe oder ein Nuklearunterseeboot verloren und fragen sich, wie eine vernünftige Suchstrategie aussehen könnte? Ist das arithmetische Mittel eine gute Technik, um eine Aussage über das "Einkommen"...

One of the most impressive computer systems ever was the vacuum tube based behemoth AN/FSQ-7, which was the heart of the ''Semi Automatic Ground Environment''. Machines of this type were children of the Cold War and had a tremendous...

Mit diesem Buch werden nicht nur die Grundlagen der Technik von Analogrechnern präsentiert, sondern es wird die Geschichte der unterschiedlichen Analogrechner-Systeme anschaulich dargestellt. Die Anwendungsgebiete reichen dabei von der...

Analog and hybrid computing recently have gained much interest as analog computers can outperform classical stored-program digital computers in some areas by orders of magnitude. This book gives a thorough introduction to analog and...

Analog computing is one of the main pillars of Unconventional Computing. Almost forgotten for decades, we now see an ever-increasing interest in electronic analog computing because it offers a path to high-performance and highly...