On multitasking in parallel chemical processors: Experimental findings

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 521-533

  De Lacy Costello, B P J ^a   Adamatzky, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonlinear chemical media; Parallel processing; Pattern formation; Reaction diffusion processors; Unconventional computing

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GELS; MIXTURES; MULTITASKING;

PARALLEL CHEMICAL PROCESSORS;

CHAOS THEORY;

EID: 0038672048     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127403006716     Document Type: Article

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