Historic life

Citation
R. Alonso-sanz et al., Historic life, INT J B CH, 11(6), 2001, pp. 1665-1682
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIFURCATION AND CHAOS
ISSN journal
02181274 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1665 - 1682
Database
ISI
SICI code
0218-1274(200106)11:6<1665:HL>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A variation of Conway's Game of Life (LIFE) is presented in this paper. The rules of LIFE remain unaltered in the variation we name VIDA, but, unlike in LIFE, in VIDA a cell is featured by its most frequent state, not necessa rily the last one. As an overall conclusion, it is claimed that the conside ration of historic memory of past states has an inertial (or conservating) effect. Thus, small cluster of live cells will not behave so vividly in VID A as in LIFE could, but greater clusters tend to present higher persistence .