摘要
元胞自动机仿真技术（CAST）开创了探索复杂性的新途径，在材料、生物、物理等领域有广泛的应用前景，是发达国家激烈竞争的重大前沿学科领域．本文综述了CAST的产生与发展过程，概括了仿真模型的构成要素，评述了CAST的典型应用实例，着重指出了CAST是对材料进行原子级微观辅助设计的强有力工具．最后，探讨了CAST的特点：它抓住了简单性与复杂性这一对主要矛盾，从而触及并体现了其它有关矛盾，诸如局部与整体，宏观与微观，线性与非线性，决定性与随机性，数学模型与物理实质．
Cellular automaton simulation technique(CAST),which has stimulated extensively interesting from varietics of areas such as materials science and technology, biology and physics etc.is a new approach to invcstigatc complexity. In this paper, the development history of CAST is reviewed. The constitution and some application examples are criticized. It is suggested that CAST is a powerful tool for materials design in micro scale. Finally, the characteristic of CAST is investigated philosophically.
基金
国家自然科学基金
关键词
元胞自动机
仿真
非线性
微观设计
金属
Cellular automaton, Computer simulation, Complexity, Nonlinearity, Material design in micro scale
