http://programmer.ie/tags/wolfram-classes/ Recent content in Wolfram Classes on Programmer.ie: Modern AI programming Hugo en-us Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:55:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/post/cellular-automata-from-first-principles-22/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:55:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/post/cellular-automata-from-first-principles-22/ <h1 id="cellular-automata-from-first-principles-22-classify-rule-behaviour">Cellular Automata From First Principles 22: Classify Rule Behaviour</h1> <p>Cellular automata are often described using four broad behavioral classes:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span style="display:flex;"><span>Class I -&gt; settles to homogeneous behavior </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Class II -&gt; settles to simple stable or periodic structures </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Class III -&gt; chaotic or apparently random behavior </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Class IV -&gt; persistent local structures and complex interactions </span></span></code></pre></div><p>These labels are useful vocabulary.</p> <p>But if we want to use them experimentally, we should connect them to measurable evidence rather than treating them as magic categories.</p>