Elementary Cellular Automata along with Delay Sensitivity Can Model Communal Riot Dynamics
Souvik Roy
Sukanta Das
Department of Information Technology
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
Shibpur Howrah, West Bengal, India-711103
svkr89@gmail.com
sukanta@it.iiests.ac.in
Abhik Mukherjee
Computer Science and Technology
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
Shibpur Howrah, West Bengal, India-711103
abhik@cs.iiests.ac.in
Abstract
This paper explores the potential of elementary cellular automata to model the dynamics of riot. Here, to model such dynamics, we introduce probabilistic loss of information and delay perturbation in the updating scheme of automata to capture sociological parameters—presence of anti-riot population and organizational presence of communal forces in the rioting society, respectively. Moreover, delay has also been incorporated in the model to capture the nonlocal interaction of neighbors. Finally, the model is verified by an event of riot that occurred in Baduria of West Bengal, India.
Keywords: elementary cellular automata (ECAs); delay; probabilistic loss of information; phase transition; riot dynamics
Cite this publication as:
S. Roy, S. Das and A. Mukherjee, “Elementary Cellular Automata along with Delay Sensitivity Can Model Communal Riot Dynamics,” Complex Systems, 31(3), 2022 pp. 341–361.
https://doi.org/10.25088/ComplexSystems.31.3.341
