Spontaneous-search method and short-time dynamics: applications to the Domany-Kinzel cellular automaton S. D. da Cunha, U. L. Fulco, L. R. da Silva and F. D. Nobre Eur. Phys. J. B, 63 1 (2008) 93-100 Published online: 06 June 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2008-00212-0