Cellular Automaton
(Voter Model)
(Voter Model)
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• Cellular automaton: Square array of cells where each
cell takes one of the 6 values representing the landscape
on a 1-square mile resolution
• Evolving
single-parameter model: A
cell dies out at
random times and is replaced by a cell chosen randomly within a circular radius r (1 < r < 10)
random times and is replaced by a cell chosen randomly within a circular radius r (1 < r < 10)
• Boundary conditions: periodic and reflecting
• Initial conditions: random and ordered
• Constraint: The proportions of land types are kept equal
to the proportions of the experimental data