Cellular Automata

A Discrete Universe

Andrew Ilachinski

808 pages, parution le 05/12/2001

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Cellular automata are a class of spatially and temporally discrete mathematical systems characterized by local interaction and synchronous dynamical evolution. Introduced by the mathematician John von Neumann in the 1950s as simple models of biological self-reproduction, they are prototypical models for complex systems and processes consisting of a large number of simple, homogeneous, locally interacting components. Cellular automata have been the focus of great attention over the years because of their ability to generate a rich spectrum of very complex patterns of behavior out of sets of relatively simple underlying rules. Moreover, they appear to capture many essential features of complex self-organizing cooperative behavior observed in real systems.

This book provides a summary of the basic properties of cellular automata, and explores in depth many important cellular-automata-related research areas, including artificial life, chaos, emergence, fractals, nonlinear dynamics, and self-organization. It also presents a broad review of the speculative proposition that cellular automata may eventually prove to be theoretical harbingers of a fundamentally new information-based, discrete physics. Designed to be accessible at the junior/senior undergraduate level and above, the book will be of interest to all students, researchers, and professionals wanting to learn about order, chaos, and the emergence of complexity. It contains an extensive bibliography and provides a listing of cellular automata resources available on the World Wide Web.

Contents

Introduction: Preliminary Musings
Formalism
Phenomenological Studies of Generic CA
Dynamical Systems Theory Approach
Analytic Approach
Cellular Automata and Language Theory
Probabilistic CA
Generalized Models
CA Models of Fluid Dynamics
Neural Networks
Artificial–Life
Is Nature, Underneath It All, a CA?

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Éditeur(s)	World Scientific
Auteur(s)	Andrew Ilachinski
Parution	05/12/2001
Nb. de pages	808
Format	16,8 x 25,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1500g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9789810246235

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