The workshop covered experimental and theoretical topics of current interest on plasma research.

This workshop brought together several distinguished researchers who represented different lines of research. The following were discussed: A general mathematical theory of the complexity of neural network models (seen as a particular case of automata networks), the relevance of automata networks to theoretical biology, the statistical mechanical approach to neural networks, multilayer and back-propagation models in artificial intelligence, the complexity of real neural networks, the relevance of ultrametricity (a concept arisen in spin glass theory), statistical mechanical models of the origin of life and a dynamical model exhibiting a new route to chaos.

NSA is a comprehensive collection of international nuclear science and technology literature for the period 1948 through 1976, pre-dating the prestigious INIS database, which began in 1970. NSA existed as a printed product (Volumes 1-33) initially, created by DOE's predecessor, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). NSA includes citations to scientific and technical reports from the AEC, the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration and its contractors, plus other agencies and international organizations, universities, and industrial and research organizations. References to books, conference proceedings, papers, patents, dissertations, engineering drawings, and journal articles from worldwide sources are also included. Abstracts and full text are provided if available.

This book contains a broad spectrum of plasma physics areas, from magnetic confinement (tokamaks) to spectroscopy in plasmas. The invited papers of the LAWPP present mini-courses for graduate students and review papers in each area, also updating the new ideas in the field.

Proceedings of a symposium held to identify, review, and assess the benefits, uncertainties, & potentialities of the conventional, alternative, & exploratory approaches to fusion energy production, and to assess industrial spin-offs & other applications. Topics of the compiled papers include: a new course for fusion research, magnetic confinement, inertial confinement, other confinement, plasma physics, numerical simulation, nuclear processes, fusion burn control, plasma diagnostics, and plasma stability. Includes subject index.

The workshop covered experimental and theoretical topics of current interest on plasma research.