Book review: Cellular Automata: Theory and Experiment Edited by Howard Gutowitz (MIT Press)
James A. Reggia · ACM SIGART Bulletin · 1992
Cellular automata can be traced back to the 1950's when John von Neumann used them to investigate the possibility of creating self-replicating machines. Today, cellular automata models of various dimensionality find applications in a wide range of technical and scientific disciplines.