Richard G. Palmer, Professor Emeritus of Physics and CNCS: Center for nonlinear and complex systems and Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience
Professor Richard G. Palmer is currently working on theories of statistical mechanics. He is interested in the application and development of statistical physics methods for many types of complex systems, including glasses and spin glasses, neural networks, genetic algorithms, and economic markets. The long-term goal of his work is to establish firm theoretical foundations for understanding the emergence of structure, complexity, and computational ability in driven systems of interacting adaptive components. He is also author of two books on the theory of neural networks and on the theory of extinction.
| Office Location: | 091 Physics Bldg, Durham, NC 27708 |
| Office Phone: | (919) 660-2559 |
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| Web Page: | http://www.phy.duke.edu/~palmer/ |
- Education:
Theoretical Physics Cambridge Univ 1973 Ph.D. University of Cambridge (UK) 1973
- Specialties:
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Nonlinear dynamics and complex systems
Theoretical condensed matter physics
- Research Interests: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Professor Richard G. Palmer is currently working on theories of statistical mechanics. He is interested in the application and development of statistical physics methods for many types of complex systems, including glasses and spin glasses, neural networks, genetic algorithms, and economic markets. The long-term goal of his work is to establish firm theoretical foundations for understanding the emergence of structure, complexity, and computational ability in driven systems of interacting adaptive components. He is also author of two books on the theory of neural networks and on the theory of extinction.
- Keywords:
- Animals • Attention • Behavior Therapy • Choice Behavior • Cognition • Decision Making • Humans • Models, Psychological • Orientation • Problem Solving • Reinforcement Schedule • Reversal Learning
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- M.E.J. Newman and R.G. Palmer, Modeling Extinction (Spring, 2003), Oxford University Press
- Dragoi, V; Staddon, JER; Palmer, RG; Buhusi, CV, Interval Timing as an Emergent Learning Property, Psychological Review, vol. 110 no. 1 (2003), pp. 126-144 [doi] [abs]
- Palmer, RG; Arthur, WB; Holland, JH; LeBaron, B, An Artificial Stock Market, Artificial Life and Robotics, vol. 3 (1999)
- LeBaron, B; Arthur, WB; Palmer, R, Time series properties of an artificial stock market, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 23 no. 9-10 (1999), pp. 1487-1516 [abs]
- Palmer, RG; Adler, J, Ground states for large samples of two-dimensional Ising spin glasses, International Journal of Modern Physics C, vol. 10 no. 4 (1999), pp. 667-675 [abs]