Maze Solving with a 2D Cellular Automaton

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1
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7
New Maze
A simple cellular automaton is used to find a solution to mazes if one exists. The automaton calculates each cell's new value based on the surrounding cells in the previous time step. This makes dead-ends and branches of the maze die away until one path remains.

Permanent Citation

Alexander Varga
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​"Maze Solving with a 2D Cellular Automaton"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/MazeSolvingWithA2DCellularAutomaton/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: July 2, 2012