Noisy Turing Machines

Abstract. Turing machines exposed to a small stochastic noise are considered. An exact characterisation of their (≈ Π0 2 ) computational power (as noise level tends to 0) is obtained. From a probabilistic standpoint this is a theory of large deviations for Turing machines.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ICALP
• Authors: Eugene Asarin, Pieter Collins
• Keywords: Exact Characterisation, ICALP 2005, Small Stochastic Noise, Theoretical Computer Science, Turing Machines