IBP-Litp
1996/Th/07:
Rapport de Recherche Litp /
Litp research reports
139 pages - Janvier/January 1997 -
French document.
PostScript : Ko /Kb
Titre / Title: Saving ressources on cellular automatates cellulaires
Abstract : A cellular automaton is an infinite collection of computing units : the cells. They are all similar and regularly interconnected; It is amazing to observe how such a simple device can modelize complex phenomena. An indeed cellular automata are of great interest in computer science, theoretical physics and chemistry, and even in biology.
In this work we focus on the computational aspects of one dimensional cellular automata. We restate important complexity results with special care to the amount of needed ressources. More precisely, we try to characterize the minimal size of cells in order to perform particular tasks, and give an answer to the following questions :
- What extra ressources are needed to save k steps of computation ? Or to compute k times faster ?
- What is the « price » for sending information from cells to cells ?
- What are the inauthorized synchronization times ?
The systematical study of such questions leads to a new method for simulating cellular automata. This method emphizes the intrinsic aspects of some properties : results can be obtained « from within » the theory of cellular automata thanks to a relatively simple product of machines (the so-called grouping product)
Key-Words
One-Dimensional Cellular Automata, Complexity, Linear Speed-Up, Simulation, Computational Geometry, Massive Parallelism, Synchronization.
Publications internes Litp 1996 / Litp research reports 1996