Authors:
Alexandre Muzy
1
;
Eric Innocenti
1
;
Antoine Aïello
1
;
Jean-François Santucci
1
;
Paul-Antoine Santoni
1
and
David R. C. Hill
2
Affiliations:
1
University of Corsica, France
;
2
Blaise Pascal University, France
Keyword(s):
Systems modeling, Discrete event systems, Multi-formalism, Fire spread, cellular automata.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Discrete Event Systems
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Signal Processing, Sensors, Systems Modeling and Control
Abstract:
Studying complex propagation phenomena is usually performed through cellular simulation models.
Usually cellular models are specific cellular automata developed by non-computer specialists. We attempt
to present here a mathematical specification of a new kind of CA. The latter allows to soundly specify
cellular models using a discrete time base, avoiding basic CA limitations (infinite lattice, neighborhood and
rules uniformity of the cells, closure of the system to external events, static structure, etc.). Object-oriented techniques and discrete event simulation are used to achieve this goal. The approach is validated through a fire spreading application.