title: Cellular automata models of chemical systems.
abstract: This paper describes the use of kinematic, asynchronous, stochastic cellular automata to model liquid properties, solution phenomena and kinetic phenomena encountered in complex biological systems. Cellular automata models of dynamic phenomena represent in silico experiments designed to assess the effects of competing factors on the physical and chemical properties of solutions and other complex systems. Specific applications include solution behavior, separation of immiscible liquids, micelle formation, diffusion, membrane passage, first- and second-order chemical kinetics, enzyme activity and acid dissociation. Cellular automata is thus considered as providing an exploratory method for the analysis of dynamic phenomena and the discovery and understanding of new, unexpected phenomena.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298, USA.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Kier
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Seybold
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship