Cellular Automata Implementation using C++

University of California, Berkeley, December 2023
Contributors: Radhika Sahai, Brandon Robello, Curtis Wu
Date Created: December 13, 2023

This project is a comprehensive simulation and analysis tool for Cellular Automata. It includes a detailed implementation of a Cellular Automata framework with support for multiple rules and states, and a specific application for modeling COVID-19 spread.

Directory Structure Overview

Root/

• Root Makefile for compiling the entire project.
• README: Main README file for the project, providing an overview and general information.

Application/

• COVID_CA.cpp: Main application for the COVID Cellular Automata simulation.
• Makefile: Utility to compile the COVID_CA application.
• README: Documentation for the Application directory.

Bin/

Contains executable files and output data from tests and applications.

• CA_test, COVID_CA: Executable files for the tests and main COVID application.
• Test_CA_.txt, Test_COVID_CA.txt: Output files from various test runs and simulations.
• README: Information about the contents and purpose of the Bin directory.

Include/

Contains header files for the project.

• COVID.h, myCA.h: Header files for COVID application and Cellular Automata classes.
• README: Documentation for the Include directory.

Lib/

• libmyCA.a: Compiled library for the Cellular Automata classes.
• README: Description of the Lib directory and its contents.
• Makefile

Source/

Source code for the Cellular Automata implementation.

• Cell.cpp, CellularAutomata.cpp: Implementation files for Cell and Cellular Automata classes.
• Makefile: Compilation utility for the Source directory.
• README: Documentation for the Source directory.

Tests/

Tests for verifying the functionality of the Cellular Automata implementation.

• CA_test.cpp: Test script for Cellular Automata with various rules.
• Makefile: Utility for compiling test scripts. README: Information about the Tests directory.

Utils/

Utilities for visualization and additional support.

• Plots: Subdirectory containing visualization scripts and generated plots.
• CA_vis.ipynb, COVID_vis.ipynb: Jupyter notebooks for visualizing Cellular Automata simulations.
• *.png, *.gif: Generated plots and animations from simulations.
• README: Documentation for the Plots subdirectory.
• README: General information about the Utils directory.