Plant : Plants a zygote.
Shorter: Makes CA shorter
Longer: Makes CA longer
Count at injury (CAI) is a set point above which injury is triggered.
Here CAI = 4;
Kill CA
Recall: The current state is replaced with state -5, which
was the CA state five time units ago.
Add state: When this button is active ‘Recall’ adds state-5
to the current state.
Stop movement:
The CA will always attempt to end its perturbation
and create a solution, otherwise it will die. It may rescue itself by entering a state which consists
of one cell, called here a stem cell . This
states always ends in a solution. When the CA dies it plants a zygote
and starts cycling again. The number of death events is shown in the applet.
You will notice that most single cell states are stem cells and occasionally
zygotes, and the CA is pretty robust.
Let’s summarize the CA behavior. It starts as an isolated CA. When perturbed it will regain its initial solution. Eventually it will create a 29 state solution. In its isolated state following perturbation it remains symmetric. Once it hits one of the border lines it will start moving back and forth maintaining its typical solutions.