has characteristic deterministic cellular automata update algorithm 2007-11-30 http://identifiers.org/isbn/978-0252000232 A cellular automaton is a discrete model of a regular grid of cells with a finite number of dimensions. Each cell has a finite number of defined states. The automaton changes its state in a discrete manner, meaning that the state of a cell at time t is determined by a function of the states of its neighbours at time t - 1. These neighbours are a selection of cells relative to the specified cell. Famous examples for deterministic cellular automata are Conway's game of life or Wolfram's elementary cellular automata. dk deterministic system behaviour cellular automata update method