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cellular automata (CA)Simplest model of a spatially distributed process that can be used to simulate various real-world processes. Cellular automata were invented in the 1940s by John von Neumann and Stanislaw Ulam at Los Alamos National Laboratory. They consist of a two-dimensional array of cells that “evolve” step-by-step according to the state of neighbouring cells and certain rules that depend on the simulation. Though apparently simple, CAs are universal computers—that is, they can do any computer-capable computation. The best-known cellular automaton, John Conway's “Game of Life” (1970), simulates the processes of life, death, and population dynamics. cellular automataThe plural of cellular automaton.
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| In that book, he promoted cellular automata as an alternative to conventional mathematical tools for a wide range of scientific problems (SN: 8/16/03, p. If particle physics demonstrates locomotion, then Cellular Automata (CA) go under the skin to represent an organism's internal functions: cell reproduction, viral spreading, and so on. Their research findings are based on their demonstration of methods for universal computation with DNA, including using DNA tiles to simulate cellular automata. |
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