Cellular Automata
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1 q-bio
Abstract
An introduction to cellular automata (both deterministic and probabilistic) with examples. Definition of deterministic automata, dynamical properties, damage spreading and Lyapunov exponents; probabilistic automata and Markov processes, nonequilibrium phase transitions, directed percolation, diffusion; simulation techniques, mean field. Investigation themes: life, epidemics, forest fires, percolation, modeling of ecosystems and speciation. They represent my notes for the school "Dynamical Modeling in Biotechnologies", ISI, Villa Gualino 1996.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9810012,
title = {Cellular Automata},
author = {Franco Bagnoli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9810012},
year = {2007}
}
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40 pages and 23 figures