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September 17, 2003

diffusion-limited aggregation @06:57 PM

aristocratic network using simple rules; start with one node (0,0). Another node wanders in, and if it is close to (10 pixels) or hitting another node, then it sticks in place. Due to time and processing restraints, the process here is only repeated 300 times and on a small (200X200) stage. The results (more so if you do this over a few hundred thousand times) yield amazingly complex forms, as the nodes self-organize. as the process continues, nodes begin to form into branched arms which act as filters. as a result, new nodes tend to stick to these outside branches, rather than wander deeper into the cluster.

check out an animation of the process.

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