{"id":258,"date":"2013-02-17T21:18:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T19:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kra.lc\/blog\/?p=258"},"modified":"2015-03-30T15:55:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T13:55:10","slug":"cellular-automata-suite-collection-for-java","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kra.lc\/blog\/2013\/02\/cellular-automata-suite-collection-for-java\/","title":{"rendered":"Cellular Automata Suite \/ Collection for Java"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time flies by so quickly and again half a year has passed since my <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/09\/objectivec-regexhighlightvie\/\">last contribution<\/a>. I don&#8217;t want to search for any explanation right now, but based on Einstein&#8217;s laws of special relativity, I just travelled to quickly (a cheer to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warp_drive\">warp drive propulsion system<\/a>)! If you have no clue what I am talking about, I highly recommend watching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oOL2d-5-pJ8\">this great video<\/a> about Einstein&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twin_paradox\">Twin Paradoxon<\/a>. Anyways, quality goes before quantity and therfore I hope you like this post nevertheless.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>Talking a little about computability theory and mathematics, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cellular_automaton\">cellular automaton<\/a> is a very interesting field of interest in my opinion. A cellular automation constist of a regular grid of cells, each in one of a finite number of states. As time progresses, each cell changes state, based on a defined set of rules and involving a <i>neighborhood<\/i> definition of cells. Already by using a very simplistic set of rules, in an either one- or two-dimensional space, very complex automations with stunning visualizations are achieved! <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elementary_cellular_automaton\">Wolfram&#8217;s Universe<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life\">Conway&#8217;s Game of Life<\/a> are two very well known examples for cellular automata.<\/p>\n<p>Due to a recent workshop in university targeting cellular automation, I decided to build up a little &#8220;Cellular Automata Suite&#8221;, covering some cellular automations to play with. It&#8217;s a Java WebStart application, so feel free to try it right away:<\/p>\n<p><center><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.java.com\/js\/deployJava.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">deployJava.createWebStartLaunchButton(\"\/blog\/releases\/stable\/cellular_automata.jnlp\");<\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you are intersted in details and the implementation, <a href=\"\/blog\/releases\/stable\/cellular_automata.zip\">download the source code<\/a> which was released under the Apache License. Currently the following cellular automations are included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Animal World<\/li>\n<li>Wolfram Universe<\/li>\n<li>Game of Life<\/li>\n<li>Mandelbrot Set <em>(I couldn&#8217;t resist putting it in)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have fun playing around with the different cellular automations and feel free to post any suggestion into the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time flies by so quickly and again half a year has passed since my last contribution. I don&#8217;t want to search for any explanation right now, but based on Einstein&#8217;s laws of special relativity, I just travelled to quickly (a cheer to the warp drive propulsion system)! 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