Cellular automata and complex systems methods for modeling biological phenomena
Title:
Cellular automata and complex systems methods for modeling biological phenomena
Author:
Bilotta, Eleonora.
ISBN:
9781615207886
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Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (485 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
Outline -- Basic definitions -- Modelling biological systems -- Emergent structures -- Cellular automata metrics -- The discovery of complex rules -- Searching for self-replicating systems -- Lifelike self-replicators -- Language structures in cellular automata -- Models of self-replicators -- A genetic approach to the study of self-replication -- The universal constructor -- A zoo of self-replicators -- Rhythms of life -- From rhythm to sound and music.
Abstract:
Cellular automata (CA) are a class of spatially and temporally discrete mathematical systems characterized by local interaction and synchronous dynamical evolution, which show complex behavior and are able to model biological phenomena. This book describes the use of cellular automata to provide important insights into a vast range of physical, biological, social, economic and psychological phenomena. It presents contemporary research on discrete dynamical systems such as one-dimensional and two-dimensional cellular automata and outlines how these systems can be exploited for artistic purposes, translating their mathematical configurations into music and visual media.
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