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Cellular automata are awesome: let's build some

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Cellular automata are fascinating. They are systems of rules that determine the behavior of cells on a grid. The cell behavior or lifecycle can be determined in variety of ways, generally by evaluating any given cell's neighborhood, which can be as simple as a one dimensional (single row on a grid), two dimensional (cells around the given cell on the two dimension grid), three dimensional and so on setups, with various approaches to working with states, and other attributes of the system of cells. The cells evolve over time based on the given rule sets, which creates a variety of patterns and behaviors, and is a perfect example for emergence. In this article we will look at building a simple one dimensional automata and how it has been used for the 'Automatic' project.

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2023-01-25

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