Self-Organized States in Cellular Automata: Exact Solution

M. V. Medvedev, P. H. Diamond

Published 1998-12-09Version 1

The spatial structure, fluctuations as well as all state probabilities of self-organized (steady) states of cellular automata can be found (almost) exactly and {\em explicitly} from their Markovian dynamics. The method is shown on an example of a natural sand pile model with a gradient threshold.