• DocumentCode
    1870026
  • Title

    Implementation of a Wolfram Machine

  • Author

    Belluomo, Paola ; Fortuna, Luigi ; Frasca, Mattia ; Fiore, Angelo Sarra

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. di Ing., Univ. degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    22-24 Feb. 2010
  • Firstpage
    121
  • Lastpage
    123
  • Abstract
    In this paper we propose a new stand-alone hardware system that allows to emulate and analyze all the Wolfram\´s rules proposed in the book "A new kind of science". The system that we use to implement all the cellular automata analyzed by Wolfram consists of a led matrix and a board equipped with a micro-controller. This simple low cost system, opportunely programmed, allows everyone to emulate the 256 local rules without a pc and to analyze them, i.e. looking for instance for analogies between the rules.
  • Keywords
    cellular automata; mathematics computing; Wolfram machine; Wolfram rules; cellular automata; led matrix; microcontroller; Automata; Books; Computer simulation; Continuous time systems; Costs; Hardware; Mathematical model; Microcomputers; Microcontrollers; Organizing; Wolfram automata; Wolfram machine; cellular automata; led matrix;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Complexity in Engineering, 2010. COMPENG '10.
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5982-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COMPENG.2010.34
  • Filename
    5432888