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Spatiotemporal sensitivity of systems modeled by cellular automata

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Abstract

Cellular automata are frequently used to model dynamics of spatial systems. This work shows how a so-called structural adjoint sensitivity analysis may be applied to such systems. It is assumed that the cellular automaton has a continuous state, a spatiotemporal input, and is characterized by one scalar objective function specified, for example, in a given optimization or parameter optimization problem. With this analysis, it is possible to calculate efficiently a gradient of the objective function in a space of the spatiotemporal input of the automata. As an example, a model of tumor growth with an introduced spatiotemporal irradiation signal is analysed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8897-8905
Number of pages9
JournalMathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences
Volume41
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2018

Keywords

  • cellular automata
  • partial differential equations
  • sensitivity analysis
  • tumor growth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics
  • General Engineering

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