Applied mathematics - The power of design

被引:30
作者
Newman, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Santa Fe Inst, Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA
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D O I
10.1038/35013189
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Carefully engineered systems sometimes fail catastrophically despite the best intentions of their designers. A new theory called ‘highly optimized tolerance’ attempts to explain how this happens.
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页码:412 / 413
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