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Record Nr.

UNINA9911149539503321

Autore

Adamatzky Andrew

Titolo

Physarum machines : computers from slime mould / / Andrew Adamatzky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2010

ISBN

9786613145192

9781283145190

1283145197

9789814327596

981432759X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

World Scientific series on nonlinear science. Series A, Monographs and treatises ; ; v. 74

Disciplina

004

006.3/2

Soggetti

Physarum

Physarum polycephalum

Computers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1. From reaction-diffusion to Physarum computing; 2. Experimenting with Physarum; 3. Physarum solves mazes; 4. Plane tessellation; 5. Oregonator model of Physarum growing trees; 6. Does the plasmodium follow Toussaint hierarchy?; 7. Physarum gates; 8. Kolmogorov-Uspensky machine in plasmodium; 9. Recon guring Physarum machines with attractants; 10. Programming Physarum machines with light; 11. Routing Physarum with repellents; 12. Physarum manipulators; 13. Physarum boats; 14. Manipulating substances with Physarum machine; 15. Road planning with slime mould

EpilogueBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A Physarum machine is a programmable amorphous biological computer experimentally implemented in the vegetative state of true slime mould Physarum polycephalum. It comprises an amorphous yellowish mass with networks of protoplasmic veins, programmed by



spatial configurations of attracting and repelling gradients. This book demonstrates how to create experimental Physarum machines for computational geometry and optimization, distributed manipulation and transportation, and general-purpose computation. Being very cheap to make and easy to maintain, the machine also functions on a wide range of s