To Live and Die in CA

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To Live and Die in CA. AN InvestigatiON INTO the nature of growth in elementary cellular automata. Committee: Yasha Karant , advisor Ernesto Gomez Keith Schubert. by Jane Curnutt. To Live and Die in CA. Introduction to CA (Cellular Automata). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE NATURE OF GROWTH IN

ELEMENTARY CELLULAR AUTOMATA

To Live and Die in CA

by Jane Curnutt

Committee:Yasha Karant, advisorErnesto GomezKeith Schubert

INTRODUCTION TO

CA(CELLULAR AUTOMATA)

To Live and Die in CA

To Live and Die in CA

CA VocabularyDeterministicSynchronousTotalisticGrid (like a piece

of graph paper)Neighborhood

Moore Neighborhood

von Neumann Neighborhood

Calculation Radius

(Radius)Target SquareRules:

birth=n1 death>n2

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Neighborhoods

Moore von Neumann

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radius=3radius=1

target square

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Neighborhoods

Radius = 1 Radius = 3

BIOLOGICAL CA MODELS

To Live and Die in CA

To Live and Die in CA

Cellular Automata – Why do we want to do this?

5 steps

40 steps

Biovermiculation with Discontinuities

CA Simulation

- Penny Boston

To Live and Die in CA

To Live and Die in CA

CA Model of BiovermCave Bioverm photo courtesy of Penny

Boston

THE NATURE OF GROWTH

IN

CELLULAR AUTOMATA

To Live and Die in CA

To Live and Die in CA

Birth=1Radius=1Death=0Time=4

To Live and Die in CA

To Live and Die in CA

Birth=1Radius=1Death=0Time=5

To Live and Die in CA

To Live and Die in CA

Birth=1Radius=1Death=0Time=4

To Live and Die in CA

To Live and Die in CA

Birth=1Radius=1Death=0Time=4

To Live and Die in CA

To Live and Die in CA

ConclusionsGrowth only takes place at endpoints and vertices

Growth is always perpendicular to the growth in previous time step

Growth is recursive

FRACTALCA

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To Live and Die in CA

Fractal CABirth=1 Death>2Radius=1Line start

To Live and Die in CA

Fractal CABirth=1 Death>2Radius=1Line start

This time step:Blue=new growthRed=deathGreen=residual growth

To Live and Die in CA

Fractal CABirth=1 Death>3Radius=1Line start

To Live and Die in CA

This time step:Blue=new growthRed=deathGreen=residual growth

Fractal CABirth=1Death>1Radius=1Square start

CA L-SYSTEM

GRAMMAR

To Live and Die in CA

To Live and Die in CA

L-system CA Graphical Forms & Symbols

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L-system CA Symbols: Modifiers & Movement

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Why we need an SP character in the grammar?Square Inside the

2r+1 Radiusred - neighborhoodred - target square green - current time

step blue – growth next

time step

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red - neighborhoodred - target square

green - current time step

blue – growth next time step

Square Outside the 2r+1 Radius

CA L-SYSTEM PRODUCTIONS

To Live and Die in CA

To Live and Die in CA

To Live and Die in CA

FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

To Live and Die in CA

To Live and Die in CA

Extend CA grammar to include death rules.

Investigate the relationship between CA grammar and display grid, with different grids.

Investigate collisions between patterns, and whether CA grammar can describe them.

To Live and Die in CA

Special thanks to Chris McKay,

Principle Investigator for Extreme Environments,NASA, Ames

and

Penny Boston, NMITAssociate Director,

National Cave and Karst Research Institute,

for their support and encouragement.

THANK YOUFOR

ATTENDING

To Live and Die in CA

To Live and Die in CA

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