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The Blume-Emery-Griffiths model with the dipole-quadrupole interaction ($$
\ell = \frac{I}
{J}
$$) has been simulated using a cellular automaton algorithm improved from the Creutz cellular automaton (CCA) on the face centered cubic (fcc) lattice. The finite-size scaling relations and the power laws of the order parameter (M) and the susceptibility (χ) are proposed for the dipole-quadrupole interaction (ℓ). The dipole-quadrupole critical exponent δχ has been estimated from the data of the order parameter (M) and the susceptibility (χ). The simulations have been done in the interval $$
0 \leqslant \ell = \frac{I}
{J}0 \leqslant 0.01
$$ for $$
d = \frac{D}
{J} = 0,k = \frac{K}
{J} = 0
$$ and $$
h = \frac{H}
{J} = 0
$$ parameter values on a face centered cubic (fcc) lattice with periodic boundary conditions. The results indicate that the effect of the ℓ parameter is similar to the external magnetic field (h). The critical exponent δℓ are in good agreement with the universal value (δh = 5) of the external magnetic field.