Solving the Hamiltonian path problem with a light-based computer

Natural Computing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-70

  Oltean, Mihai ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Hamiltonian path; Light based computing; NP complete

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OPTICS; PRISM; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 39049108838     PISSN: 15677818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11047-007-9042-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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