• For some of the material, you still need to go to the old site at Exploration and Mining.
• Some of the people who have wanted to participate are still not (yet) listed here.

This working group is being set up as part of the CSIRO Emerging Science Initiative in Complex Systems Science. It aims to link Australian research in the theory and applications of cellular automata and related models in the study of complex systems behaviour. The intention is to operate by exchanging information via the internet and by holding periodic workshops. The objective is to exchange information and identify new research questions that could be tackled co-operatively. Depending on the level of interest, we may also develop subgroupings according to research area and/or location.

Participation is invited from Australian researchers in these areas.

The proposed activities of the group are:

• Linking researchers by exchanging descriptions of research activities;
• Organising workshops;
• Developing cross-cutting research projects;
• Exchanging information on activities such as visitors, related meetings etc.

Among the application area identified at the CSIRO Complex Systems Science Workshop (Sydney August 2002) are: urban development, fire behaviour, minerals processing and a range of geological systems. Techniques of interest included: cellular automata, network analysis and percolation modelling.