Cellular automata usually exist in a 'universe' consisting of a 1 or 2 dimensional grid, or sometimes in other ridged tessellations. Has there been any research into CA's existing in a more malleable universe, where the local time-space geometry is affected by the activity of the CA. For example, could the 'universe' itself react to local concentrations of populated cells by altering the rate of the local clock, or by distorting the spacial geometry, adding or removing cells.
Similarly, are is there research into CA's where the rules are defined on a per-cell basis and where the rules for a 'live' cell are inherited from the adjacent cells and where each generation has a probability of mutation of the rules?
2007-11-01
05:02:40
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