Quenched disorder, memory, and self-organization

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Marsili, Matteo ^a   Caldarelli, Guido ^a   Vendruscolo, Michele ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

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EID: 0346563495     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.53.R13     Document Type: Article

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