Figure. 5.

Cellular automata as an example for emergent behavior. The frames show the state of the system for two algorithms at different times and originate from the same initial state (initial). Squares (cells) are activated (born) when they have b neighbors and survive as long as they have s neighbors. Frames A1–A3 were obtained with Conway's Game of Life algorithm (s = 2, 3; b = 3), frames B1–B4 follow the Coagulation algorithm (s = 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8; b = 3, 7, 8). Images were generated with MJcell v1.5. Cells are color coded along their age with yellow for novel cells and red for old cells.