Cellular Automata

Andrew Adamatzky is a Professor in the department of Computer Science and Creative Technologies and Director of the Unconventional Computing Centre, University of the West of England. He has published extensively in theory of computation, cellular automata and mathematical machines, parallel computing, living technologies, organic electronics, and bio-inspired computing. He has authored several books, including Identification of Cellular Automata, Computing in Nonlinear Media, Reaction Diffusion Computers, Dynamics of Crowded Minds, Physarum Machines and edited over 25 collections of chapters. He is founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cellular Automata and Journal of Unconventional Computing and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, and Parallel Processing Letters.

Additive Cellular Automata.- Algorithmic Complexity and Cellular Automata.- Asymptotic Behaviour and a Formalization of Wolfram's Classes.- Asynchronous Cellular Automata.- Basins of Attraction of Cellular Automata and Discrete Dynamical Networks.- Cellular Automata and Groups.- Cellular Automata and Language Theory.- Cellular Automata as Models of Parallel Computation.- Cellular Automata Hardware Implementation.- Cellular Automata in Hyperbolic Spaces.- Cellular Automata in Triangular, Pentagonal and Hexagonal Tessellations.- Cellular Automata Modeling of Physical Systems.- Cellular Automata with Memory.- Classification of Cellular Automata.- Emergent Phenomena in Cellular Automata.- Universality of Cellular Automata.- Chaotic Behavior of Cellular Automata.- Dynamics of Cellular Automata in Non-compact Spaces.- Ergodic Theory of Cellular Automata.- Evolving Cellular Automata.- Firing Squad Synchronization Problem in Cellular Automata.- Gliders in Cellular Automata.- Graphs Related to Reversibility and Complexity in Cellular Automata.- Growth Phenomena in Cellular Automata.- Identification of Cellular Automata.- Introduction to Mathematical Basis of Cellular Automata.- Orbits of Bernoulli Measures in Cellular Automata.- Phase Transitions in Cellular Automata.- Quantum Cellular Automata.- Reversible Cellular Automata.- Self-Organized Criticality and Cellular Automata.- Self-Replication and Cellular Automata.- Stochastic Cellular Automata as models of Reaction-Diffusion processes.- Structurally Dynamic Cellular Automata.- Tiling Problem and Undecidability in Cellular Automata.- Topological Dynamics of Cellular Automata.

“The volume is an important collection of high-quality works and an excellent reference for researchers in fields related to cellular automata as well as for newcomers to the subject. It is an important addition to the scientific library of any academic institution.” (Silvio Capobianco, zbMATH 1484.68001, 2022)