Characterization of Multispecies Living Ecosystems With Cellular Automata
Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases
2010-03-30 v1
Abstract
A multispecies artificial ecosystem is formulated using cellular automata with species interactions and food chain hierarchy. The constructed finite state automaton can simulate the complexity and self-organized characteristics of the evolving multispecies living ecosystems. Numerical experiments show that a small perturbation or extinction event may affect many other species in the ecosystem in an avalanche manner. Both the avalanches and the extinction arising from these changes follow a power law, reflecting that the multispecies living ecosytems have the characteristics of self-organized criticality.
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@article{arxiv.1003.5288,
title = {Characterization of Multispecies Living Ecosystems With Cellular Automata},
author = {Xin-She Yang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.5288},
year = {2010}
}