Modeling the growth of dendritic electroless silver colonies using hexagonal cellular automata

In this paper, we present results of in silico simulation of dendritic electroless silver colony growth model on a hexagonal cellular automata lattice. A cellular automaton, based on a NetLogo framework, was used to replicate the behavior of a colony. Experiments showed that a Hex Cell Aggregation model from NetLogo library, which we used as a base, can demonstrate the patterns similar to those in experimental data. However, several features of the colony growth cannot be explained within the existing model and require its modifications.(C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC -ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 8th International Young Scientist Conference on Computational Science.