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I wonder what other types of cells / tissues can be simulated by cellular automata?
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owenpalmer • last Tuesday at 4:26 PM
I was thinking the same thing. I need more simulations like this!
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I think many types can if you broaden the definition of automata to include 'reaction diffusion' you can even simulate things like the Schrödinger equation under a RD scheme! (there are some examples in gollygang/Ready).
RD was invented by Alan Turing as a way to model animal coat patterns too, and I think it's exceptionally good at that (I did a talk at Houdini Hive SiggraphAsia2019 about it: https://youtu.be/K_7TkoIkFhk?si=afhcjZ8TeysNJxRH)