Andrew Adamatzky Andrew.Adamatzky@uwe.ac.uk
Professor
Purpose: Studies in complexity of cellular automata do usually deal with measures taken on integral dynamics or statistical measures of space-time configurations. No one has tried to analyze a generative power of cellular-automaton machines. The purpose of this paper is to fill the gap and develop a basis for future studies in generative complexity of large-scale spatially extended systems. Design/methodology/approach: Let all but one cell be in alike state in initial configuration of a one-dimensional cellular automaton. A generative morphological diversity of the cellular automaton is a number of different three-by-three cell blocks occurred in the automaton's space-time configuration. Findings: The paper builds a hierarchy of generative diversity of one-dimensional cellular automata with binary cell-states and ternary neighborhoods, discusses necessary conditions for a cell-state transition rule to be on top of the hierarchy, and studies stability of the hierarchy to initial conditions. Research limitations/implications: The method developed will be used - in conjunction with other complexity measures - to built a complete complexity maps of one- and two-dimensional cellular automata, and to select and breed local transition functions with highest degree of generative morphological complexity. Originality/value: The hierarchy built presents the first ever approach to formally characterize generative potential of cellular automata. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2010 |
Deposit Date | Jun 2, 2010 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 12, 2016 |
Journal | Kybernetes |
Print ISSN | 0368-492X |
Publisher | Emerald |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 39 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 72-82 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/03684921011021282 |
Keywords | automata theory, cybernetics, systems theory |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/982610 |
Publisher URL | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/03684921011021282 |
Contract Date | Apr 12, 2016 |
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