“數字油田”要設計一個涵蓋油田全部業務活動的綜合信息系統指導性框架，當作今后
油田信息化建設的指南。它作為一個復雜的開放系統，適于使用元胞自動機模型來進行研究。介紹了元胞自動機的產生與原理，作為復雜性研究的新途徑，探討了元胞自動機在“數字油田”中的應用并做了復雜性分析。
關鍵詞: 數字油田; 元胞自動機; 復雜性
The Application of Cellular Automata in the “Digital Oilfield” XU Bang-hai1,2; HE Ying3; LIU Xiao-ting4 (1.School of Computer Science and Technology,Ludong University,Yantai 264025,China; 2.Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China;3.Department of Electric Engineering, Xinjiang Polytechnical College, Urumqi 830091,China;4.Editorial Office of the School Journal, Ludong University, Yantai 264025,China) Abstract: The purpose of “Digital oilfield” is to design a directive frame to the integrated information systems that cover all of the business in oilfield, as a guide for building a information oilfield in the future. Being a complicated open system, it suits to be studied using a cellular automata model. This paper presents it’s origination and some essential theories, and explores the application of cellular automata in “Digital oilfield”. Additionally, the complexity of cellular automata is analyzed.
Keywords: Digital oilfield; Cellular automata; Complexity