Alternating rule

Alternating rules are a generalisation of Life-like cellular automata in which cells behaving as one rule change into cells behaving as another rule in the next generation, and then either back to the original rule or onto yet another rule, creating loops.

Support

Golly supports a strict class subclass of alternating rules, which are used in simulating B0 rules to avoid strobing, using this process.

Extensions

It is possible to extend such rules to von Neumann and hexagonal neighbourhoods, extended neighbourhoods, and non-totalistic and non-isotropic rules, and can even alternate between combinations of these.

External links

• Alternating rules (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

• Alternating rules (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums