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If X is a discrete abelian group and B a finite set, then a cellular automaton (CA) is a continuous map F:B^X-->B^X that commutes with all X-shifts. If g is a real-valued function on B, then, for any b in B^X, we define G(b) to be the sum…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2009-11-07 Marcus Pivato

Cellular automata (CA) are a class of computational models that exhibit rich dynamics emerging from the local interaction of cells arranged in a regular lattice. In this work we focus on a generalised version of typical CA, called graph…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-28 Daniele Grattarola , Lorenzo Livi , Cesare Alippi

Cellular automata are a class of computational models based on simple rules and algorithms that can simulate a wide range of complex phenomena. However, when using conventional computers, these 'simple' rules are only encapsulated at the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-11-04 Gordon H. Y. Li , Christian R. Leefmans , James Williams , Alireza Marandi

The local structure theory for cellular automata (CA) can be viewed as an finite-dimensional approximation of infinitely-dimensional system. While it is well known that this approximation works surprisingly well for some cellular automata,…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2026-01-05 Henryk Fukś , Yucen Jin

Cellular automata are computers, similar to Turing machines. The main difference is that Turing machines use a one-dimensional tape, whereas cellular automata use a two-dimensional grid. The best-known cellular automaton is the Game of…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2025-01-10 Peter Turney

The Reservoir Computing (RC) paradigm utilizes a dynamical system, i.e., a reservoir, and a linear classifier, i.e., a read-out layer, to process data from sequential classification tasks. In this paper the usage of Cellular Automata (CA)…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-02-14 Stefano Nichele , Magnus S. Gundersen

Bijections between sets may be seen as discrete (or crisp) unitary transformations used in quantum computations. So discrete quantum cellular automata are cellular automata with reversible transition functions. This note studies on 1d…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2007-05-23 Shuichi Inokuchi , Kazumasa Honda , Hyen Yeal Lee , Tatsuro Sato , Yoshihiro Mizoguchi , Yasuo Kawahara

Generalizing the motion representation we introduced for number-conserving rules, we give a systematic way to construct a generalized motion representation valid for non-conservative rules using the expression of the current, which appears…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2015-06-26 Nino Boccara , Henryk Fuks

In the fields of computation and neuroscience, much is still unknown about the underlying computations that enable key cognitive functions including learning, memory, abstraction and behavior. This paper proposes a mathematical and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Jeet Singh

Cellular automata are arrays of finite state machines that can exist in a finite number of states. These machines update their states simultaneously based on specific local rules that govern their interactions. This framework provides a…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2025-08-11 Genaro J. Martinez , Andrew Adamatzky , Guanrong Chen

We define and study a few properties of a class of random automata networks. While regular finite one-dimensional cellular automata are defined on periodic lattices, these automata networks, called randomized cellular automata, are defined…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2009-11-13 Nino Boccara

Particle-like objects are observed to propagate and interact in many spatially extended dynamical systems. For one of the simplest classes of such systems, one-dimensional cellular automata, we establish a rigorous upper bound on the number…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2009-10-31 Wim Hordijk , Cosma Rohilla Shalizi , James P. Crutchfield

The basis for most of the ideas mentioned in this paper is the theory of cellular automata. A cellular automata contains a regular grid of cells, with each cell having a pre-defined set of finite states. The initial state is determined at…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2022-10-06 Raghavendra Bhat

Any algorithm (in the sense of Gurevich's abstract-state-machine axiomatization of classical algorithms) operating over any arbitrary unordered domain can be simulated by a dynamic cellular automaton, that is, by a pattern-directed cellular…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-04-14 Nachum Dershowitz , Evgenia Falkovich

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

A simple mathematical expression for the universal map for cellular automata is found in closed form with the help of a digit function, whose most basic properties are established. This result is found after proving a theorem on the…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2015-08-03 Vladimir Garcia-Morales

This paper presents a classification of Cellular Automata rules based on its properties at the nth iteration. Elaborate computer program has been designed to get the nth iteration for arbitrary 1-D or 2-D CA rules. Studies indicate that the…

Neural Cellular Automata (NCA) are a powerful combination of machine learning and mechanistic modelling. We train NCA to learn complex dynamics from time series of images and PDE trajectories. Our method is designed to identify underlying…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-04-23 Alex D. Richardson , Tibor Antal , Richard A. Blythe , Linus J. Schumacher

Cellular automata are synchronous discrete dynamical systems used to describe complex dynamic behaviors. The dynamic is based on local interactions between the components, these are defined by a finite graph with an initial node coloring…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-22 Volker Turau

The searching for the stable patterns in the evolution of cellular automata is implemented using stochastic synchronization between the present structures of the system and its precedent configurations. For most of the known evolution rules…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2007-05-23 J. R. Sanchez , R. Lopez-Ruiz