A spectral method for aggregating variables in linear dynamical systems with application to cellular automata renormalization

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-155

  Jacobi, Martin Nilsson ^a   GÖrnerup, Olof ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggregated linear dynamics; Aggregated Markov chains; Aggregation of variables; Cellular automata; Coarse graining; Lumpability; Quotient processes; Renormalization; State space reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649291799     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525909002155     Document Type: Article

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