Computation by asynchronously updating cellular automata

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 261-289

  Adachi, Susumu ^a   Peper, Ferdinand ^a   Lee, Jia ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asynchronous cellular automata; Delay insensitive circuit; Module; Moore neighborhood; Signal; Totalistic rule; Universal computation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642267814     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:joss.0000003112.54283.ac     Document Type: Article

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