dissipative quantum computation (DQC) role of the environments is to dissipate (or, more precisely, evacuate) the entropy of the system

role of the environments is to

dissipate (or, more precisely, evacuate) the entropy of the system,

and by choosing the couplings appropriately we can use this effect

to drive our system.dissipative quantum

computation (DQC),

http://www.univie.ac.at/qfp/publications3/pdffiles/Quantum%20computation%20and%20quantum-state%20engineering%20driven%20by%20dissipation.pdf

http://www.quevadis.at/projects/