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Burn: a Simulation of Forest Fire Propagation Paper for a 1994 Npac Reu Project
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Veachy, Marshall S. Coddingtonz, Paul Foxx, Geo Rey C. |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Abstract | A project is described which designed, implemented and evaluated a simulation of forest re propagation as a cellular automaton in a parallel environment. Fire models developed by Richard Rothermel were used as the basis for propagation behavior. Furthermore, the simulation was developed to support a variety of applications including re propagation prediction and the evaluation of re ghting eeectiveness. Artiicial life is the study of artiicial systems that exhibit behavior characteristic of natural living systems 4]. It is a discipline which attempts to understand the laws that govern natural processes. Although the eld has existed, in one form or another, for centuries, it has only recently, with the rst artiicial life conference in September of 1987, begun to ourish as a discipline. One of the primary reasons for such a slow start has been the need for intensive computing power to model even the simplest of living systems 4]. However, as parallel processing continues to make signiicant contributions to available computing power, biological simulations have become increasingly viable. As a result, a variety of methods have been developed as tools for modeling life. These include Lindenmayer Systems, genetic algorithms, and cellular automata 4]. In general, these methods emphasize local interactions as opposed to global control. As a result, the life{like behaviors these models generate is usually an unprogrammed emergent behavior 4]. And although each of the methods listed above have found application in artiicial life, one of them stands out as its premier tool: the cellular automaton 1]. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
