New Constructions in Cellular Automata by David Griffeath
This book not only discusses cellular automata (CA) as accouterment for simulation, but also the actual building of devices within cellular automata. CA are widely used tools for simulation in physics, ecology, mathematics, and other fields. But they are also digital toy universes worthy of study in their own right, with their own laws of physics and behavior. In studying CA for their own sake, we must look at constructive methods, that is the practice of actually building devices in a given CA that store and process in formation, replicate, and propagate themselves, and interact with other devices in complex ways. By building such machines, we learn what the CA's dynamics are capable of, and build an intuition about how to engineer the machine we want. We can also address fundamental questions, such as whether universal computation or even living things that reproduce and evolve can exist in the CA's digital world, and perhaps, how these things came to be in out own universe.-
Dynamics of Human and Primate Societies
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Nonextensive Entropy
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Computational Complexity and Statistical Physics
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Swarm Intelligence
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Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Modeling Techniques for Understanding Social and Ecological Processes
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Scaling in Biology
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Ecological Networks
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The Internet As a Large-Scale Complex System
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Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Modeling Techniques for Simulatin Social and Ecological Processes
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Perspectives on Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems
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Modeling Extinction
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The Economy As an Evolving Complex System III
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Robust Design
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195137187 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195137183 |
| Title | New Constructions in Cellular Automata |
| Author | David Griffeath |
| Series | Santa Fe Institute Studies On The Sciences Of Complexity |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2003-05-15 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
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