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Here some references:
- Wolfram - Cellular Automaton
- The nature of Code by Daniel Shiffman
- Chapter 3 of my master thesis (in italian)
A basic Cellular Automata is the quadruple <Z <sup>d</sup>,S,X,o>
Z <sup>d</sup> is a set of cells, a d-dimension matrix of cells
S is a set of status where the single cell can be in
X is a set of cell's neighbors (the most common neighborhood implementation are MOORE and VON NEUMANN
o is the transition function. This function implements the evolution of the natural or artificial phenomena represented by a Cellular Automata.
Thanks to this mathematic model, it's possible represent a lot of natural phenomena like landslides, lava flows and so on...
During my master's thesis, I contributed to the implementation of a library for Cellular Automata that was primarily used by physicists, geologists, and scientists from various departments. This library was written in C++, and it was more comprehensive than JCAL.
JCAL wants to implements the same idea but in a smaller and simpler way for Java user and developers.
Here the official documentation.