• DOI:10.1016/j.beproc.2009.01.012
Corpus ID: 20259926

Beyond continuous mathematics and traditional scientific analysis: Understanding and mining Wolfram's A New Kind of Science

@article{McDowell2009BeyondCM,
  title={Beyond continuous mathematics and traditional scientific analysis: Understanding and mining Wolfram's A New Kind of Science},
  author={J. McDowell and A. Popa},
  journal={Behavioural Processes},
  year={2009},
  volume={81},
  pages={343-352}
}

J. McDowell, A. Popa

Published 2009

Mathematics, Medicine

Behavioural Processes

In A New Kind of Science, Stephen Wolfram recommends abandoning traditional scientific analysis and the continuous mathematical description that it affords in favor of the study of simple rules. He focuses on a machine known as a cellular automaton as the prototype generator of complex phenomena such as those we see in nature. The simplest cellular automaton consists of a row of cells, each existing in one of two states. The states of the cells are updated from moment to moment by simple rules… CONTINUE READING

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