Cellular Automata

This project implements a parallelized cellular automaton simulation with support for multiple neighborhood types and video output.

Requirements

• Go 1.16 or later
• FFmpeg (for video output)

Building

To build the project into a binary, run the following command from the project root:

go build -o cellular-automata ./cmd/ca

This will create an executable named cellular-automata (or cellular-automata.exe on Windows) in the current directory.

Usage

To run the cellular automaton simulation:

./cellular-automata [flags]

Flags:

• -size int: Size of the cellular automata grid (default 100)
• -steps int: Number of steps to run (default 100)
• -video: Save output as video (default false)

Examples:

• Run with default settings:

  ./cellular-automata
  

• Run with a 200x200 grid for 150 steps and save as video:

  ./cellular-automata -size 200 -steps 150 -video
  

Project Structure

• cmd/ca/main.go: Main entry point of the application
• internal/automaton/automaton.go: Implementation of the cellular automaton
• internal/video/video.go: Video creation utilities