TY - JOUR
T1 - Sand pile as a universal computer
AU - Goles, Eric
AU - Margenstern, Maurice
PY - 1996/4
Y1 - 1996/4
N2 - We show that the sand pile model is able to simulate, by specific configurations, logic gates and registers and, therefore any computer program. Further, we give its interpretation in terms of a set of several one-dimensional interacting avalanches.
AB - We show that the sand pile model is able to simulate, by specific configurations, logic gates and registers and, therefore any computer program. Further, we give its interpretation in terms of a set of several one-dimensional interacting avalanches.
KW - Avalanches
KW - Program Machine
KW - Sand Pile Model
KW - Self-Organized Criticality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0030488504&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1142/S0129183196000120
DO - 10.1142/S0129183196000120
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030488504
SN - 0129-1831
VL - 7
SP - 113
EP - 122
JO - International Journal of Modern Physics C
JF - International Journal of Modern Physics C
IS - 2
ER -