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The theory of cellular automata in operational probabilistic theories is developed. We start introducing the composition of infinitely many elementary systems, and then use this notion to define update rules for such infinite composite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-09 Paolo Perinotti

This article introduces the notion of clouds in asynchronous cellular automata (ACAs). We show that the cloud behaviour of ACAs has similarity with natural clouds across the sky, election model of parliamentary democratic system, and…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2024-01-17 Souvik Roy , Sukanta Das

We present a preliminary study of a new class of two-input cellular automata called eventually number-conserving cellular automata characterized by the property of evolving after a finite number of time steps to states whose number of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Nino Boccara

A small-world cellular automaton network has been formulated to simulate the long-range interactions of complex networks using unconventional computing methods in this paper. Conventional cellular automata use local updating rules. The new…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2010-03-26 Xin-She Yang , Young Z. L. Yang

Cellular automata (CA) exemplify systems where simple local interaction rules can lead to intricate and complex emergent phenomena at large scales. The various types of dynamical behavior of CA are usually categorized empirically into…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2024-06-10 Wout Merbis , Calvin Bakker

Inspired by cellular growth and self-organization, Neural Cellular Automata (NCAs) have been capable of "growing" artificial cells into images, 3D structures, and even functional machines. NCAs are flexible and robust computational systems…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-05-16 Shyam Sudhakaran , Elias Najarro , Sebastian Risi

In this exploratory paper we introduce the problem of cognitive agents that learn how to modify their environment according to local sensing to reach a global goal. We concentrate on discrete dynamics (cellular automata) on a…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2026-04-14 Franco Bagnoli , Bassem Sellami , Amira Mouakher , Samira El Yacoubi

We define a new transfinite time model of computation, infinite time cellular automata. The model is shown to be as powerful than infinite time Turing machines, both on finite and infinite inputs; thus inheriting many of its properties. We…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2010-12-07 Fabien Givors , Grégory Lafitte , Nicolas Ollinger

In mathematics and engineering, control theory is concerned with the analysis of dynamical systems through the application of suitable control inputs. One of the prominent problems in control theory is controllability which concerns the…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2026-04-14 Franco Bagnoli , Sara Dridi , Bassem Sellami , Amira Mouakher , Samira El Yacoubi

Cellular Automata are discrete--time dynamical systems on a spatially extended discrete space which provide paradigmatic examples of nonlinear phenomena. Their stochastic generalizations, i.e., Probabilistic Cellular Automata, are discrete…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-07-06 Emilio N. M. Cirillo , Francesca R. Nardi , Cristian Spitoni

Cellular automata are one-dimensional arrays of interconnected interacting finite automata. We investigate one of the weakest classes, the real-time one-way cellular automata, and impose an additional restriction on their inter-cell…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2009-07-30 Martin Kutrib , Andreas Malcher

We study intrinsic simulations between cellular automata and introduce a new necessary condition for a CA to simulate another one. Although expressed for general CA, this condition is targeted towards surjective CA and especially linear…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-12-09 Vincent Nesme , Guillaume Theyssier

Let $G$ be a group and let $A$ be a finite set with at least two elements. A cellular automaton (CA) over $A^G$ is a function $\tau : A^G \to A^G$ defined via a finite memory set $S \subseteq G$ and a local function $\mu :A^S \to A$. The…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-10-10 A. Castillo-Ramirez , M. Sanchez-Alvarez , A. Vazquez-Aceves , A. Zaldivar-Corichi

Probabilistic Cellular Automata (PCA) are simple models used to study dynamical phase transitions. There exist mean field approximations to PCA that can be shown to exhibit a phase transition. We introduce a model interpolating between a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Jean Bricmont , Hanne Van Den Bosch

The prediction of the behavior of the disease, the level of affectation in a population and the ways to control it are the most important aspects studied by epidemiology using tools such as historical data and mathematical models. So, our…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-04-04 Jorge Andrés Ibáñez Huertas , Carlos Isaac Zainea Maya

In this paper we present two interesting properties of stochastic cellular automata that can be helpful in analyzing the dynamical behavior of such automata. The first property allows for calculating cell-wise probability distributions over…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2015-08-20 Witold Bołt , Jan M. Baetens , Bernard DeBaets

One-dimensional quantum cellular automata (QCA) consist in a line of identical, finite dimensional quantum systems. These evolve in discrete time steps according to a local, shift-invariant unitary evolution. By local we mean that no…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-04-15 Pablo Arrighi , Vincent Nesme , Reinhard Werner

Nowadays, in societies threatened by atomization, selfishness, short-term thinking, and alienation from political life, there is a renewed debate about classical questions concerning the quality of democratic decision-making. In this work a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. G. Alves , N. M. Oliveira Neto , M. L. Martins

Biological systems are notorious for complex behavior within short timescales (e.g. metabolic activity) and longer time scales (e.g. evolutionary selection), along with their complex spatial organization. Because of their complexity and…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2021-09-14 Alyssa M Adams

Classical Cellular Automata (CCAs) are a powerful computational framework for modeling global spatio-temporal dynamics with local interactions. While CCAs have been applied across numerous scientific fields, identifying the local rule that…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Faizal Hafiz , Amelia Kunze , Enrico Formenti , Davide La Torre