On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Hypercube <eviatarb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Some examples of CA usage:
>
> -cryptography, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=338094
> -pseudo-random number generators, 
> http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=31545
> -modelling of certain chemical reactions, 
> http://search.ieice.org/bin/summary.php?id=e85-a_9_2093
> -traffic flow modelling, http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=3141169
> -quantum dot cells, 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_dot_cellular_automaton
> -fluid simulations, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice_gas_automaton
>
> There does seem to be much skepticism towards cellular automata
> (Wolfram's outrageous claims have played no small part in this), but
> they certainly have some real-world applications, and are also an
> interesting theoretical model for computation and computational
> complexity.

Plus they provide many cool pictures and screen savers to zone out on.
 What more could you ask for ?


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