Publication detail

Stochastic Cellular Automata in Dynamic Environmental Modeling: Practical Applications

PODROUŽEK, J.

Original Title

Stochastic Cellular Automata in Dynamic Environmental Modeling: Practical Applications

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

This article presents the key aspects of an intuitive programming approach based on a Cellular automata technique providing an effective, easy to understand tool to describe some real processes. Although for many years most physical effects have been described by the language of differential equations, it may be beneficial in this era of cheap computing power to deploy a new descriptive apparatus based on very simple programs rather than mathematical equations, which are not always capable of capturing nature's most essential mechanisms, including the randomness in physics. Based on these assumptions, the term intuitive programming is used to refer to a system of simple programs with transparent yet complex behavior. The effectiveness of the proposed methodology is demonstrated in a case study of a deteriorating bridge within a dynamic environment with several approaches to stochastic effects.

Keywords

Cellular Automata; Stochastic Effects; Concrete Deterioration; Dynamic Environment

Authors

PODROUŽEK, J.

RIV year

2009

Released

24. 8. 2009

ISBN

1571-0661

Periodical

ELECTRONIC NOTES IN THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE

Year of study

252

Number

4

State

United States of America

Pages from

143

Pages to

156

Pages count

13

BibTex

@article{BUT48337,
  author="Jan {Podroužek}",
  title="Stochastic Cellular Automata in Dynamic Environmental Modeling: Practical Applications",
  journal="ELECTRONIC NOTES IN THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE",
  year="2009",
  volume="252",
  number="4",
  pages="143--156",
  issn="1571-0661"
}