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Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Complexity (BRIEFSCOMPLEXITY, volume 1)
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About this book
This Brief is an essay at the interface of philosophy and complexity research, trying to inspire the reader with new ideas and new conceptual developments of cellular automata. Going beyond the numerical experiments of Steven Wolfram, it is argued that cellular automata must be considered complex dynamical systems in their own right, requiring appropriate analytical models in order to find precise answers and predictions in the universe of cellular automata.
Indeed, eventually we have to ask whether cellular automata can be considered models of the real world and, conversely, whether there are limits to our modern approach of attributing the world, and the universe for that matter, essentially a digital reality.
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“This book contains a great deal of some central topics and actual problems of cellular automata theory. It is an introduction which emphasizes the mathematically interesting and beauty aspects of cellular automata and complex dynamical systems as well as their synthesis on an ambitious level suitable for graduate students and researchers. … To understand the complex computational world, the authors stress that cellular automata are an excellent instructional tool.” (Hasan Akin, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1237, 2012)Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award, 2005"
Top 15 most cited Author in Engineering Award, 2002
(This award was chosen from the Current Contents (ISI) data base of all cited papers in the Engineering discipline (all branches of engineering) indexed from 1991 to October 31, 2001.)
IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award, 2000
IEEE Third Millenium Medal, 2000
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Golden Jubilee Medal, 2000
Mac Van Valkenburg Award (1995 and 1998)
IEEE Centennial Medal, 1985
Alexander von Humboldt Senior US Scientist Award, 1982
Frederick Emmons Award, 1974
IEEE W. R. G. Baker Prize Award, 1973
IEEE Browder J. Thompson Memorial Prize Award, 1973
and he holds several honoris cause doctorates.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Universe as Automaton
Book Subtitle: From Simplicity and Symmetry to Complexity
Authors: Klaus Mainzer, Leon Chua
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Complexity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23477-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-23476-7Published: 02 October 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-23477-4Published: 01 October 2011
Series ISSN: 2191-5326
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5334
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 108
Number of Illustrations: 30 illustrations in colour
Topics: Complex Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Complexity, Theory of Computation, Neurobiology, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems