Can quantum information be processed by macroscopic systems? (Q2467207)

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Can quantum information be processed by macroscopic systems?
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    Can quantum information be processed by macroscopic systems? (English)
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    21 January 2008
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    In an attempt to use the formalism of quantum mechanics in domains of science outside of physics, the author proposes here a new quantum (referred to as quantum-like) representation of incomplete information which would apply to any biological, cognitive, social, political and economical system. This formalism is the continuation of the so-called Växjö model and is mainly a contextualist statistical model. The Boolean logic is revisited, as well as the meaning of the wave function in the framework of contexts, and the core of the paper is a statistical test to identify quantum-like structure.
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    incompleteness of quantum mechanics
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    quantum-like representation of information
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    quantum-like models in biology
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    psychology
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    cognitive and social sciences and economy
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    context
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    complex probabilistic amplitude
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