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Discrete dynamical systems on graphs and Boolean functions

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  • Barrett, Chris L
  • Chen, William Y.C
  • Zheng, Michelle J

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Discrete dynamical systems based on dependency graphs have played an important role in the mathematical theory of computer simulations. In this paper, we are concerned with parallel dynamical systems (PDS) and sequential dynamical systems (SDS) with the OR and NOR functions as local functions. It has been recognized by Barrett, Mortveit and Reidys that SDS with the NOR function are closely related to combinatorial properties of the dependency graphs. We present an evaluation scheme for systems with the OR and NOR functions which can be used to clarify some basic properties of the dynamical systems. We show that for forests that does not contain a single edge the number of orientations equals the number of different OR-SDS.

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  • Barrett, Chris L & Chen, William Y.C & Zheng, Michelle J, 2004. "Discrete dynamical systems on graphs and Boolean functions," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), Elsevier, vol. 66(6), pages 487-497.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:matcom:v:66:y:2004:i:6:p:487-497
    DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2004.03.003
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    2. Aledo, Juan A. & Diaz, Luis G. & Martinez, Silvia & Valverde, Jose C., 2019. "Dynamical attraction in parallel network models," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier, vol. 361(C), pages 874-888.
    3. Xiaoyan Zhang & Chao Wang, 2019. "Solutions to All-Colors Problem on Graph Cellular Automata," Complexity, Hindawi, vol. 2019, pages 1-11, June.
    4. Juan A. Aledo & Luis G. Diaz & Silvia Martinez & Jose C. Valverde, 2019. "Predecessors Existence Problems and Gardens of Eden in Sequential Dynamical Systems," Complexity, Hindawi, vol. 2019, pages 1-10, March.
    5. Juan A. Aledo & Ali Barzanouni & Ghazaleh Malekbala & Leila Sharifan & Jose C. Valverde, 2020. "On the Periodic Structure of Parallel Dynamical Systems on Generalized Independent Boolean Functions," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 8(7), pages 1-14, July.
    6. Juan A. Aledo & Luis G. Diaz & Silvia Martinez & Jose C. Valverde, 2020. "Coexistence of Periods in Parallel and Sequential Boolean Graph Dynamical Systems over Directed Graphs," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 8(10), pages 1-14, October.
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    8. Mauro Mezzini & Fernando L. Pelayo, 2020. "An Algorithm for Counting the Fixed Point Orbits of an AND-OR Dynamical System with Symmetric Positive Dependency Graph," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 8(9), pages 1-9, September.

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