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. -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
