ABSTRACT
This book presents the foundation and development of the theory of cellular automata identification and its application to natural systems. It first sets out the known and proposes the new classes of cellular automata. Numerous examples are included for ease of understanding. It then deals with the designs of algorithms for cellular automata identification. Conceptual questions of automata theory are next addressed and the focus is shifted from synthesis to analysis and from pronostication to accurate factorization. Finally, the author discusses a number of naturally occuring specific instances with a view to expanding and transforming current ideas on cellular automata practice.
