Model-based computation

Beebe, Cameron (2018): Model-based computation. In: Natural Computing, Vol. 17, No. 2: pp. 271-281

Abstract

A brief analysis of analog computation is presented, taking into account both historical and more modern statements. I show that two very different concepts are tangled together in some of the literature-namely continuous valued computation and analogy machines. I argue that a more general concept, that of model-based computation, can help us untangle this misconception. A two-dimensional view of computation is offered, in which this model-based dimension is orthogonal to the dimension concerning the type of variables used in components. I argue that this is a useful framework for assessing alternative computing devices and computational claims in an expanding landscape of computation.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science > Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP)
• ISSN: 1567-7818
• Language: English