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Margolus neighborhood

Margolus neighborhood noun: a block cellular automaton neighborhood consisting of a two-by-two square of cells which shifts one cell diagonally each generation.

Noun

Margolus neighborhood (plural Margolus neighborhoods)

  1. A block cellular automaton neighborhood consisting of a two-by-two square of cells which shifts one cell diagonally each generation.
    • In addition to Moore, Von Neuman and Margolus neighborhoods, the spatial, temporal (phase) and user connector extensions of CAM-PC provide for a large number of different neighborhoods. In this sense, a simple neighborhood is actually a selection of up to 16 of the 50 to 100 signals (depending on...1992 March 16, CAM-PC Support Staff, “CAM, CAM-6, CAM\PC boards.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
    • Another thing which seems to work very well is embodied in the Margolus neighborhood, for which different rules are operative at different points in the lattice, and even at different times.1992 March 30, Harold V. McIntosh, “1) What kind of tilings? 2) CAM family.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)

Forms of Margolus neighborhood

pluralMargolus neighborhoods
alternative formMargolus neighbourhood

Origin of Margolus neighborhood

For Norman Margolus, Canadian-American cellular automatist

Questions about Margolus neighborhood

What does Margolus neighborhood mean?
Margolus neighborhood means a block cellular automaton neighborhood consisting of a two-by-two square of cells which shifts one cell diagonally each generation.
What part of speech is Margolus neighborhood?
Margolus neighborhood is a noun.
What is the plural of Margolus neighborhood?
The plural of Margolus neighborhood is Margolus neighborhoods.

Words near Margolus neighborhood in the dictionary

  1. Margolies
  2. Margolieses
  3. Margolin
  4. Margolins
  5. Margolus
  6. Margolus neighborhood
  7. Margolus neighborhoods
  8. Margolus neighbourhood
  9. Margolus neighbourhoods
  10. Margolyes
  11. Margolyeses

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