LONG-RANGE CORRELATIONS IN COMPUTER DISKETTES

Authors
ZEBENDE GF DEOLIVEIRA PMC PENNA TJP
Citation
Gf. Zebende et al., LONG-RANGE CORRELATIONS IN COMPUTER DISKETTES, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 57(3), 1998, pp. 3311-3314
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
57
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Part
B
Pages
3311 - 3314
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1998)57:3<3311:LCICD>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We find that successive versions of the files stored on a personal com puter diskette mimic the evolution mechanism claimed to be responsible for the long-range correlations observed in DNA sequences. Starting f rom uncorrelated random files, long-range correlations are gradually i ntroduced by successive editing, corresponding to point mutations, ins ertions, and deletions. This system has the advantage (over DNA sequen ces) of allowing experiments.