Definitions for "Cellular automata"
an array of identically programmed automata, or "cells," which interact with one another. [David G. Green
(n.) A system made up of many discrete cells, each of which may be in one of a finite number of states. A cell or automaton may change state only at fixed, regular intervals, and only in accordance with fixed rules that depend on cells own values and the values of neighbours within a certain proximity.
Simple agents that have a limited number of states, arranged in a grid formation. The state occupied is solely determined by the agent states together with those of their immediate surroundings. The cells in the 'Game of Life' are of this type.
A numerical modelling approach where a large number of small areas (cells) are used to represent details in a physical or socioeconomic process, and where the cells are mathematically connected in a computer algorithm.