Cellular Automata and Modelling of Complex Physical Systems: Proceedings of the Winter School, Les Houches, France, February 21-28, 1989: 46 (Springer Proceedings in Physics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540519335 ISBN 13: 9783540519331

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1989

Synopsis

Cellular automata are fully discrete dynamical systems with dynamical variables defined at the nodes of a lattice and taking values in a finite set. Application of a local transition rule at each lattice site generates the dynamics. The interpretation of systems with a large number of degrees of freedom in terms of lattice gases has received considerable attention recently due to the many applications of this approach, e.g. for simulating fluid flows under nearly realistic conditions, for modeling complex microscopic natural phenomena such as diffusion-reaction or catalysis, and for analysis of pattern-forming systems. The discussion in this book covers aspects of cellular automata theory related to general problems of information theory and statistical physics, lattice gas theory, direct applications, problems arising in the modeling of microscopic physical processes, complex macroscopic behavior (mostly in connection with turbulence), and the design of special-purpose computers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540519335
• ISBN 13: 9783540519331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Manneville Paul, Boccara Nino, Vichniac Gerard Y., Bidaux Roger