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International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems Volume 34, 2019 - Issue 1: SI: Spatially extended Systems: theory and applications
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Assessing complexity in cellular automata using information theory

Gregor ChliamovitchDepartment of Computer Science, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.;Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.Correspondence[email protected]
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Lino VelasquezDepartment of Computer Science, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.View further author information
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Jean-Luc FalconeDepartment of Computer Science, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.View further author information
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Bastien ChopardDepartment of Computer Science, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.View further author information
Pages 142-160 | Received 22 Jan 2017, Accepted 30 May 2017, Published online: 14 Jun 2017

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