Modeling Nature: Cellular Automata Simulations with Mathematica® (Sciences; 77) - Softcover

Gaylord, Richard J.; Nishidate, Kazume

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0387946209 ISBN 13: 9780387946207

Publisher: Springer, 1996

Synopsis

A guide to using Mathematica so as to explore cellular automata within natural phenomena, such as insect colonies, bird flight paths and even DNA sequencing. Designed for physicists, life scientists, and engineers - in fact, everyone dealing with fractals - the book first introduces Mathematica before going on to provide the valuable information needed to properly motivate the code and run the simulations presented in the book. All these simulations have been tested both inside and outside the classroom setting, allowing the book's use as reference material as well as a textbook or course supplement.
Packaged together with a DOS diskette enabling cross-platfform access to the code. The files will also be accessible via the World Wide Web.

About this title

Synopsis

This is the first volume in a suite of short, inexpensive, paperbound volumes intended for student usage as textbooks, or course supplements, and for purchase as single-copy reference works for professionals in specific disciplines, and, in some cases, for interdisciplinary use. This title focuses on cellular automata simulations while using Mathematica, thus its audience is a generally broad one, although physicists, life scientists and engineers will find this title to be of particular interest. Those familiar with Gaylord's previous book, coauthored with Paul Wellin, "Computer Simulations with Mathematica - Explorations in Complex Biological and Physical Systems", also published by TELOS, will find this new title to be an in-depth extension of some topics dealt with in that book. Modeling Nature: Cellular Automata Simulations with Mathematica, however, contains simulations not found in the Gaylord-Wellin volume. This book will have a DOS-diskette packaged with it, enabling cross-platform access to the code. These data files will also be made accessible online via the Internet at telospub.com FTP and WWW sites.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387946209
• ISBN 13: 9780387946207
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 278