Abstract

Cellular automata systems often produce complex behavior from simple rule sets. The behaviors and results of two complex combinations of cellular automata rules are analyzed. Both two-dimensional rule sets add complexities to typical cellular automata systems by attaching attributes and rules to each cell. One of the rule sets produces gliders that reproduce upon collision, whereas the other grows into an intricate shape. Projection and entropy analysis classify the rule sets as complex for the intricate shape, but measurements indicate that the self-reproducing gliders fall between ordered and complex classification, despite their complex appearance. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 10: 45–55, 2005

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