Hodgepodge Machine

Author(s)	O.Conrad (c) 2009
Library ID	sim_cellular_automata
Tool ID	2
Version	1.0
Menu	Simulation \| Cellular Automata

The hodgepodge machine.

Dewdney, A. (1988): Computer Recreations: The Hodgepodge Machine Makes Waves. Scientific American, V.259, No.8, pp.104-107. jstor.org

Gerhardt, M., Schuster, H. (1995): Das Digitale Universum, ZellulÃ¤re Automaten als Modelle der Natur. Vieweg Verlag, Braunschweig.

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Target System	grid, input, optional [CMD]	`TARGET_TEMPLATE`	use this grid's system for output grids	-
Output	Hodgepodge	grid, output	`GRID`	-	-
Options	Target Grid System	choice	`TARGET_DEFINITION`	-	Available Choices: [0] user defined [1] grid or grid system Default: 0
	Cellsize	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_SIZE`	-	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 1
	West	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_XMIN`	-	Default: 0
	East	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_XMAX`	-	Default: 100
	South	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_YMIN`	-	Default: 0
	North	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_YMAX`	-	Default: 100
	Columns	integer number	`TARGET_USER_COLS`	Number of cells in East-West direction.	Minimum: 1 Default: 101
	Rows	integer number	`TARGET_USER_ROWS`	Number of cells in North-South direction.	Minimum: 1 Default: 101
	Rounding	boolean	`TARGET_USER_FLAT`	Round bounding coordinates to multiples of cell size. Ignored if cell size has decimal places.	Default: 1
	Fit	choice	`TARGET_USER_FITS`	-	Available Choices: [0] nodes [1] cells Default: 0
	Refresh	boolean	`REFRESH`	-	Default: 1
	Radius	integer number	`RADIUS`	-	Minimum: 1 Default: 1
	Number of Infection States	integer number	`NSTATES`	-	Minimum: 1 Default: 150
	Threshold Sickness	integer number	`TSICK`	-	Minimum: 1 Default: 1
	Threshold Infected	integer number	`TINFECTED`	-	Minimum: 1 Default: 3
	Infection Speed	integer number	`SPEED`	-	Minimum: 1 Default: 23

This tool is not intended to be run from the command line!