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Pattern formation in mutation of “Game of Life”

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This paper presents pattern formation in generalized cellular automata (GCA) by varying parameters of classic “game of life”. Different dynamic behaviors are classified. The influence of remembrance of dynamic behavior of GCA is also studied. Experiments show the emergence of the self-organizing patterns that is analogous with life forms at the edge of chaos, which consist of certain nontrivial structure and go through periods of growth, maturity and death. We describe these experiments and discuss their potential as alternative way for creating artificial life and generative art, and as a new method for pattern genesis.

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  1. State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China

    Huang Wen-gao & Pan Zhi-geng

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  1. Huang Wen-gao
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Correspondence to Huang Wen-gao.

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Project supported by the National Basic Research Program (973) of China (No. 2002CB312103), and Excellent Young Teacher Program of MOE, China

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Huang, Wg., Pan, Zg. Pattern formation in mutation of “Game of Life”. J. Zheijang Univ.-Sci. 6 (Suppl 1), 66–69 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2005.AS0066

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