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The Computer Journal 1997 40(7):457-462; doi:10.1093/comjnl/40.7.457
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An Electrical Circuit and Computer System Analogy

M. H. Mickle

Department of Electrical Engineering, 348 Benedum Hall, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA Email: mickle{at}ee.pitt.edu

This paper is concerned with the demonstration of an analogy between classical electrical circuits and computer systems with executing programs. The analogy is based on a Markov process framework for the mathematical formulation. The transition weights represent a set of measure one although they are not necessarily probabilities in the stochastic sense. Examples are included to show the analogies at a level that should be easily understood by an electrical engineer.

Received April 14, 1997. revised August 18, 1997.


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