semitotalistic

adj

semitotalistic

adj

Etymology From semi- + totalistic.

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Cellular automata, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Totalistic only on the outer planes.

  • Those are fully symmetric, but not semitotalistic; the main difference lies, among other things, in whether a pair of diametrically opposed live cells should give birth to a new cell.1992 June 15, Harold McIntosh, “Variations on Conway Life.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
  • Bays looked at several spots in the paramerization space of 'semi-totalistic' ('semi-totalistic' that my new state is a function of only my own state and the sum of my neighbors' states) on cubic as well as 'half-cubic' lattices.1994 October 11, Wayne Tvedt, “3D Cellular Automata”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
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  • I've recently discovered four new semi-totalistic rules (i.e. defined by neighbor counts, like Life) that have self-replicating patterns in them.2001 October 31, David Eppstein, “Four new rules with replicators”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
Synonyms
outer totalistic

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