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On the Cell-based Complexity of Recognition of Bounded Configurations by Finite Dynamic Cellular Automata

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This paper studies complexity of recognition of classes of bounded configurations by a generalization of conventional cellular automata (CA) -- finite dynamic cellular automata (FDCA). Inspired by the CA-based models of biological and computer vision, this study attempts to derive the properties of a complexity measure and of the classes of input configurations that make it beneficial to realize the recognition via a two-layered automaton as compared to a one-layered automaton. A formalized model of an image pattern recognition task is utilized to demonstrate that the derived conditions can be satisfied for a non-empty set of practical problems.

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Maxim Makatchev. 2002-10-11. On the Cell-based Complexity of Recognition of Bounded Configurations by Finite Dynamic Cellular Automata. https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0210009

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