Emulating the logistic map with totalistic cellular automata

Abstract: We investigate the conditions under which the mean-field formulation of a totalistic cellular automaton can approximate the logistic equation. We obtain that this can be obtained only for infinite-range neighborhood. We then performed simulation of one-dimensional cellular automata, showing that this mean-field approximation is clearly obtained by shuffling the configuration or choosing at random the neighbors, but also rewiring a fraction of links, in the spirit of the small-world mechanism. We show that it is possible to obtain a good approximation of the logistic behavior with a fraction of rewiring link of 50% or more.