Individual time

Hitherto all CA  were updated synchronously. The present experiment describes asynchronous update. The system includes four CA. Three are updated synchronously, and CA-4, asynchronously, The two CA below  are isolated and non-interacting. CA-1 stayed in its state  one time unit, while CA-4 stayed  between 1-3 time units. Its progression from state to state was controlled by CA-1.

Age is accumulated only when changing a state, and  CA-4 aged more slowly than CA-1.  Its age rose in steps, like that of the mid line cell. The horizontal segment of the age curve depicts the length of its stay in each state. CA-4 traverses through the same 46 states like CA-1 While CA-1 period  is 46, can CA-4 oscillation still be regarded as periodic? It’s states are periodic while its time line, is not.

The image below depicts CA-4 differentiation (compare with the previous experiment).

The CA  below traverse their states at different rates.  Their concurrent state configuration will hardly ever be repeated. The system is aperiodic, and  CA interaction, an asynchronous computation.

Setup
nca=4  zygote -> effect[no 1000]; go[63]; go109]; step [ j ]  < -  If [a[[1 ,50]] == Mod[j, 3], update[4]]  go109];  restoreparams; effect[4,  nowdat[[1, 7]], 0]; donate[4, 1];  go [100];

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