Title

Parallel Cellular Automata: A Model Program for Computational Science

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Per Brinch Hansen, Syracuse University, School of Computer and Information ScienceFollow

Document Type

Report

Date

9-1992

Keywords

D.1.3Programming Techniques, Concurrent programming-distributed programming, Algorithms, Cellular automata, Multicomputers, Programming methodology

Language

English

Disciplines

Computer Sciences

Description/Abstract

We develop a model program for parallel execution of cellular automata on a multicomputer. The model program is then adapted for simulation of forest fires and numerical solution of Laplace's equation for stationary heat flow. The performance of the parallel program is analyzed and measured on a Computing Surface configured as a matrix of transputers with distributed memory.

Additional Information

School of Computer and Information Science, Syracuse University, SU-CIS-92-18

Author later published: Hansen, P. B. (1993). Parallel cellular automata: A model program for computational science. Concurrency: Practice and Experience, 5(5), 425-448. Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons). doi:10.1002/cpe.4330050504

Recommended Citation

Hansen, Per Brinch, "Parallel Cellular Automata: A Model Program for Computational Science" (1992). Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Technical Reports. 167.
https://surface.syr.edu/eecs_techreports/167

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