Cellular automaton based model of information warfare

This paper considers continuous models of information confrontation based on the traditional neurological scheme. Using the method of substituting differential equations by cellular automata we propose a discrete version of the information warfare model. This model is used to simulate a propaganda campaign by two parties and to carry out a number of computational experiments. It is shown that the macrodynamics of the new model corresponds to one of the original, while the discrete model has a wider range of applicability. For some problems of two-party confrontation results similar to those of the continuous model were obtained. The proposed discrete model allows a study o the problem of optimal single destabilization of the campaign. This study yielded with original results, such as existence of a critical value of the public opinion influence rate, which determines the period of time profitable for increasing the level of propaganda.