This paper discusses a new methodological approach for the modeling of complex physical systems and a new programming language to express it in a simple and user-friendly way. The methodological approach is based on a reduction process through which a model of a complex physical phenomenon can be decomposed in several components; each component is represented in terms of a cellular automaton. In order to implement this approach the Cellular Automata Network Language (Canl) has been developed to express the model decomposition by means of a network of cellular automata. In the paper some examples of the Canl language and some preliminary results relating to the current implementation status are reported.
CANL: A Language for Cellular Automata Network Modeling
C Di Napoli;M Giordano;M Mango Furnari;
1996
Abstract
This paper discusses a new methodological approach for the modeling of complex physical systems and a new programming language to express it in a simple and user-friendly way. The methodological approach is based on a reduction process through which a model of a complex physical phenomenon can be decomposed in several components; each component is represented in terms of a cellular automaton. In order to implement this approach the Cellular Automata Network Language (Canl) has been developed to express the model decomposition by means of a network of cellular automata. In the paper some examples of the Canl language and some preliminary results relating to the current implementation status are reported.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
