Survey of Stochastic-Based Computation Paradigms

A survey of constraint-based programming paradigms

Paradigms for Biomolecular Computation

Biomolecular Computation (BMC) is computation done at the molecular scale, using biotechnology techniques. This paper discusses the underlying biotechnology that BMC may utilize, and surveys a number of distinct paradigms for doing BMC. We also identify a number of key future experimental milestones for the eld of BMC.

Three non Conventional Paradigms of Parallel Computation

We consider three paradigms of computation where the ben-eets of a parallel solution are greater than usual. Paradigm 1 works on a time-varying input data set, whose size increases with time. In paradigm 2 the data set is xed, but the processors may fail at any time with a given constant probability. In paradigm 3, the execution of a single operation may require more than one processor, for sec...

Efficient Computation Based on Stochastic Spikes

The speed and reliability of mammalian perception indicate that cortical computations can rely on very few action potentials per involved neuron. Together with the stochasticity of single-spike events in cortex, this appears to imply that large populations of redundant neurons are needed for rapid computations with action potentials. Here we demonstrate that very fast and precise computations c...

Comparative survey between quantitative and qualitative paradigms (part II)‎

As stated in the first part of article, we have stated the four major philosophical paradigms ‎which make up the basis for knowledge(epistemology), the nature and reality(ontology) and ‎the acquisition methods of knowledge(methodology). Thus, according to each paradigm, ‎approach to knowledge is determined. ‎‏ ‏ In a more general category, we have two quantitative and qu...