Conway's Game of Life

Author: O.Conrad (c) 2003
Menu: Simulation | Cellular Automata

Description

Conway's Game of Life - a classical cellular automat.

References

Eigen, M., Winkler, R. (1985): Das Spiel - Naturgesetze steuern den Zufall. Muenchen, 404p.

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Target System	grid, input, optional, CMD	`TARGET_TEMPLATE`	use this grid's system for output grids	-
Output	Life	grid, output	`LIFE`	-	-
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: 1.000000
	West	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_XMIN`	-	Default: 0.000000
	East	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_XMAX`	-	Default: 100.000000
	South	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_YMIN`	-	Default: 0.000000
	North	floating point number	`TARGET_USER_YMAX`	-	Default: 100.000000
	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
	Fit	choice	`TARGET_USER_FITS`	-	Available Choices: [0] nodes [1] cells Default: 0
	Grid System	grid system	`TARGET_SYSTEM`	-	-
	Refresh	choice	`REFRESH`	-	Available Choices: [0] no refresh [1] random [2] virus 1 [3] virus 2 Default: 1
	Fade Color Count	integer number	`FADECOLOR`	-	Minimum: 3 Maximum: 255 Default: 64

Command Line

Usage: saga_cmd sim_cellular_automata 0 [-TARGET_DEFINITION ] [-TARGET_USER_SIZE ] [-TARGET_USER_XMIN ] [-TARGET_USER_XMAX ] [-TARGET_USER_YMIN ] [-TARGET_USER_YMAX ] [-TARGET_USER_COLS ] [-TARGET_USER_ROWS ] [-TARGET_USER_FITS ] [-TARGET_TEMPLATE ] [-LIFE ] [-REFRESH ] [-FADECOLOR ]
  -TARGET_DEFINITION:  	Target Grid System
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] user defined
	[1] grid or grid system
	Default: 0
  -TARGET_USER_SIZE:	Cellsize
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 1.000000
  -TARGET_USER_XMIN:	West
	floating point number
	Default: 0.000000
  -TARGET_USER_XMAX:	East
	floating point number
	Default: 100.000000
  -TARGET_USER_YMIN:	South
	floating point number
	Default: 0.000000
  -TARGET_USER_YMAX:	North
	floating point number
	Default: 100.000000
  -TARGET_USER_COLS:   	Columns
	integer number
	Minimum: 1
	Default: 101
  -TARGET_USER_ROWS:   	Rows
	integer number
	Minimum: 1
	Default: 101
  -TARGET_USER_FITS:   	Fit
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] nodes
	[1] cells
	Default: 0
  -TARGET_TEMPLATE:    	Target System
	grid, input, optional, CMD
  -LIFE:               	Life
	grid, output
  -REFRESH:            	Refresh
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] no refresh
	[1] random
	[2] virus 1
	[3] virus 2
	Default: 1
  -FADECOLOR:          	Fade Color Count
	integer number
	Minimum: 3
	Maximum: 255
	Default: 64