The method for simulating life system by using cellular automata model

In this article, the essential concept of cellular automata (CA) was introduced and the methods of building a CA model was showed. As an applied example in the article, a CA model was built, which can be used for simulating the effect of initial configurations and competition relationships on final distribution patterns of population in homogeneous environment. By simulating, we found that the results supported the hypothesis that there are considerable effects of initial configuration on final distribution pattern of population.