Recognizing the Repeatable Configurations of Time-Reversible Generalized Langton’s Ant Is PSPACE-Hard

Chris Langton proposed a model of an artificial life that he named “ant”: an agent- called ant- that is over a square of a grid moves by turning to the left (or right) accordingly to black (or white) color of the square where it is heading, and the square then reverses its color. Bunimovich and Trou...

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Main Authors: Takeo Hagiwara, Tatsuie Tsukiji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-01-01
Series:Algorithms
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/4/1/1/