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Bioevaluation of world transport networks [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Adamatzky
| Bioevaluation of world transport networks [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Adamatzky |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : World Scientific, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388.0113 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AdamatzkyAndrew |
| Soggetto topico |
Transportation - Computer simulation
Transportation - Mathematical models Roads - History Plasmodium |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-299-28105-2
981-4407-04-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction Andrew Adamatzky; 1.1 Motorways; 1.2 Imitating road development; 1.3 Slime mould; 1.4 Physarum computing; 1.5 What the book is about; 2. Methods: how we conducted experiments and analysed their results Andrew Adamatzky; 2.1 Obtaining P. polycephalum; 2.2 Cultivation; 2.3 Experiments; 2.4 Physarum and motorway graphs; 2.5 Proximity graphs; 3. Trans-African highways Andrew Adamatzky and Anne Kayem; 3.1 Propagation from Cairo: three scenarios; 3.2 Protoplasmic networks of trans-African highways
3.3 Lubumbashi and Lusaka to Harare and Beira is the strongest link 3.4 Summary; 4. Tracing historical development of Australian highways Andrew Adamatzky and Mikhail Prokopenko; 4.1 Slime mould traces gold rush networking; 4.2 Physarum reconstructs the Gabriel graph; 4.3 Australian highways are a subnetwork of the Physarum network; 4.4 Famine and large-scale contamination; 4.5 Summary; 5. Belgian transport networks: redundancy and dissolution Andrew Adamatzky, Bernard De Baets and Wesley Van Dessel; 5.1 Bioessential motorways grow from Brussels 5.2 Physarum almost perfectly approximates Belgian motorways 5.3 Minimum spanning tree is not a subgraph of motorway graph; 5.4 Dissolution: snelwegen or autoroutes?; 5.5 Doel nuclear power plant and other sources of contamination; 5.6 Summary; 6. Brazilian highways from slime mould's point of view Andrew Adamatzky and Pedro P. B. de Oliveira; 6.1 Slime mould makes more highways; 6.2 Comparing with proximity graph; 6.3 Physarum and Angra nuclear power plant; 6.4 Summary; 7. Trans-Canada slimeways: from coast to coast to coast Andrew Adamatzky and Selim G. Akl; 7.1 Foraging from Toronto 7.2 Physarum almost approximates Canadian highways 7.3 On optimality of Canadian highways; 7.4 Contamination from Bruce nuclear power station; 7.5 Summary; 8. Slime mould imitates highways in China Andrew Adamatzky, Xin-She Yang and Yu-Xin Zhao; 8.1 From Beijing to Urumqi; 8.2 Physarum graph belongs to motorway graph; 8.3 Slime and man-made networks vs proximity graphs; 8.4 Summary; 9. Schlauschleimer auf Autobahnen: the case of Germany Andrew Adamatzky and Theresa Schubert; 9.1 Germany colonised; 9.2 More connections in the west; 9.3 Reichsautobahn rediscovered; 9.4 Slimy proximity graphs 9.5 Mass migration due to contamination 9.6 Summary; 10. Vie Physarale: Roman roads with slime mould Emanuele Strano, Andrew Adamatzky and Jeff Jones; 10.1 From Piacentia to Bononia and from Genua to Florenzia are missing; 10.2 Simulation: linking Bononia to Ariminum and Roma; 10.3 Summary; 11. Malaysian expressways: is there a logic behind them? Andrew Adamatzky, Zuwairie Ibrahim, Amar Faiz Zainal Abidin, Badaruddin Muhammad; 11.1 The coastal routes; 11.2 Strong chains and isolated cities; 11.3 Trees rooted in Rawan and Kuala Lumpur are minimal; 11.4 Contamination in Kuantan; 11.5 Summary 12. Physarum narcotraficum: Mexican highways and slime mould Andrew Adamatzky, Genaro J. Martinez, Sergio V. Chapa- Vergara, Rene Asomoza-Palacio and Christopher R. Stephens |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465400903321 |
| Singapore, : World Scientific, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bioevaluation of world transport networks [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Adamatzky
| Bioevaluation of world transport networks [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Adamatzky |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : World Scientific, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388.0113 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AdamatzkyAndrew |
| Soggetto topico |
Transportation - Computer simulation
Transportation - Mathematical models Roads - History Plasmodium |
| ISBN |
1-299-28105-2
981-4407-04-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction Andrew Adamatzky; 1.1 Motorways; 1.2 Imitating road development; 1.3 Slime mould; 1.4 Physarum computing; 1.5 What the book is about; 2. Methods: how we conducted experiments and analysed their results Andrew Adamatzky; 2.1 Obtaining P. polycephalum; 2.2 Cultivation; 2.3 Experiments; 2.4 Physarum and motorway graphs; 2.5 Proximity graphs; 3. Trans-African highways Andrew Adamatzky and Anne Kayem; 3.1 Propagation from Cairo: three scenarios; 3.2 Protoplasmic networks of trans-African highways
3.3 Lubumbashi and Lusaka to Harare and Beira is the strongest link 3.4 Summary; 4. Tracing historical development of Australian highways Andrew Adamatzky and Mikhail Prokopenko; 4.1 Slime mould traces gold rush networking; 4.2 Physarum reconstructs the Gabriel graph; 4.3 Australian highways are a subnetwork of the Physarum network; 4.4 Famine and large-scale contamination; 4.5 Summary; 5. Belgian transport networks: redundancy and dissolution Andrew Adamatzky, Bernard De Baets and Wesley Van Dessel; 5.1 Bioessential motorways grow from Brussels 5.2 Physarum almost perfectly approximates Belgian motorways 5.3 Minimum spanning tree is not a subgraph of motorway graph; 5.4 Dissolution: snelwegen or autoroutes?; 5.5 Doel nuclear power plant and other sources of contamination; 5.6 Summary; 6. Brazilian highways from slime mould's point of view Andrew Adamatzky and Pedro P. B. de Oliveira; 6.1 Slime mould makes more highways; 6.2 Comparing with proximity graph; 6.3 Physarum and Angra nuclear power plant; 6.4 Summary; 7. Trans-Canada slimeways: from coast to coast to coast Andrew Adamatzky and Selim G. Akl; 7.1 Foraging from Toronto 7.2 Physarum almost approximates Canadian highways 7.3 On optimality of Canadian highways; 7.4 Contamination from Bruce nuclear power station; 7.5 Summary; 8. Slime mould imitates highways in China Andrew Adamatzky, Xin-She Yang and Yu-Xin Zhao; 8.1 From Beijing to Urumqi; 8.2 Physarum graph belongs to motorway graph; 8.3 Slime and man-made networks vs proximity graphs; 8.4 Summary; 9. Schlauschleimer auf Autobahnen: the case of Germany Andrew Adamatzky and Theresa Schubert; 9.1 Germany colonised; 9.2 More connections in the west; 9.3 Reichsautobahn rediscovered; 9.4 Slimy proximity graphs 9.5 Mass migration due to contamination 9.6 Summary; 10. Vie Physarale: Roman roads with slime mould Emanuele Strano, Andrew Adamatzky and Jeff Jones; 10.1 From Piacentia to Bononia and from Genua to Florenzia are missing; 10.2 Simulation: linking Bononia to Ariminum and Roma; 10.3 Summary; 11. Malaysian expressways: is there a logic behind them? Andrew Adamatzky, Zuwairie Ibrahim, Amar Faiz Zainal Abidin, Badaruddin Muhammad; 11.1 The coastal routes; 11.2 Strong chains and isolated cities; 11.3 Trees rooted in Rawan and Kuala Lumpur are minimal; 11.4 Contamination in Kuantan; 11.5 Summary 12. Physarum narcotraficum: Mexican highways and slime mould Andrew Adamatzky, Genaro J. Martinez, Sergio V. Chapa- Vergara, Rene Asomoza-Palacio and Christopher R. Stephens |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792056503321 |
| Singapore, : World Scientific, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Highways, byways, and road systems in the pre-modern world [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Susan E. Alcock, John Bodel, Richard J. A. Talbert
| Highways, byways, and road systems in the pre-modern world [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Susan E. Alcock, John Bodel, Richard J. A. Talbert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AlcockSusan E
BodelJohn P. <1957-> TalbertRichard J. A. <1947-> |
| Collana | Ancient world: comparative histories |
| Soggetto topico |
Roads - History
Roads - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-280-59855-7
9786613628381 1-118-24430-3 1-118-24432-X 1-118-24433-8 |
| Classificazione | LIT004190 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Introduction; 1 Overland Shortcuts for the Transmission of Buddhism; 2 The Power of Highway Networks during China's Classical Era (323 BCE-316 CE): Regulations, Metaphors, Rituals, and Deities; 3 Privatizing the Network: Private Contributions and Road Infrastructure in Late Imperial China (1500-1900); Appendix: Chinese Quotations and Glossary; 4 Linking the Realm: The Gokaidô Highway Network in Early Modern Japan (1603-1868)
5 Obliterated Itineraries: Pueblo Trails, Chaco Roads, and Archaeological Knowledge6 Roads to Ruins: The Role of Sacbeob in Ancient Maya Society; 7 The Chinchaysuyu Road and the Definition of an Inca Imperial Landscape; 8 The Sahara as Highway for Trade and Knowledge; 9 From the Indus to the Mediterranean: The Administrative Organization and Logistics of the Great Roads of the Achaemenid Empire; 10 The Well-Remembered Path: Roadways and Cultural Memory in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt; 11 Roads, Integration, Connectivity, and Economic Performance in the Roman Empire 12 Roads Not Featured: A Roman Failure to Communicate?13 Road Connectivity and the Structure of Ancient Empires: A Case Study from Late Antiquity; 14 Jews and News: The Interaction of Private and Official Communication-Networks in Jewish History; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141295803321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Highways, byways, and road systems in the pre-modern world [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Susan E. Alcock, John Bodel, Richard J. A. Talbert
| Highways, byways, and road systems in the pre-modern world [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Susan E. Alcock, John Bodel, Richard J. A. Talbert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AlcockSusan E
BodelJohn P. <1957-> TalbertRichard J. A. <1947-> |
| Collana | Ancient world: comparative histories |
| Soggetto topico |
Roads - History
Roads - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-280-59855-7
9786613628381 1-118-24430-3 1-118-24432-X 1-118-24433-8 |
| Classificazione | LIT004190 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Introduction; 1 Overland Shortcuts for the Transmission of Buddhism; 2 The Power of Highway Networks during China's Classical Era (323 BCE-316 CE): Regulations, Metaphors, Rituals, and Deities; 3 Privatizing the Network: Private Contributions and Road Infrastructure in Late Imperial China (1500-1900); Appendix: Chinese Quotations and Glossary; 4 Linking the Realm: The Gokaidô Highway Network in Early Modern Japan (1603-1868)
5 Obliterated Itineraries: Pueblo Trails, Chaco Roads, and Archaeological Knowledge6 Roads to Ruins: The Role of Sacbeob in Ancient Maya Society; 7 The Chinchaysuyu Road and the Definition of an Inca Imperial Landscape; 8 The Sahara as Highway for Trade and Knowledge; 9 From the Indus to the Mediterranean: The Administrative Organization and Logistics of the Great Roads of the Achaemenid Empire; 10 The Well-Remembered Path: Roadways and Cultural Memory in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt; 11 Roads, Integration, Connectivity, and Economic Performance in the Roman Empire 12 Roads Not Featured: A Roman Failure to Communicate?13 Road Connectivity and the Structure of Ancient Empires: A Case Study from Late Antiquity; 14 Jews and News: The Interaction of Private and Official Communication-Networks in Jewish History; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996441542603316 |
| Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Highways, byways, and road systems in the pre-modern world / / edited by Susan E. Alcock, John Bodel, Richard J. A. Talbert
| Highways, byways, and road systems in the pre-modern world / / edited by Susan E. Alcock, John Bodel, Richard J. A. Talbert |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AlcockSusan E
BodelJohn P. <1957-> TalbertRichard J. A. <1947-> |
| Collana | Ancient world: comparative histories |
| Soggetto topico |
Roads - History
Roads - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-280-59855-7
9786613628381 1-118-24430-3 1-118-24432-X 1-118-24433-8 |
| Classificazione | LIT004190 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Introduction; 1 Overland Shortcuts for the Transmission of Buddhism; 2 The Power of Highway Networks during China's Classical Era (323 BCE-316 CE): Regulations, Metaphors, Rituals, and Deities; 3 Privatizing the Network: Private Contributions and Road Infrastructure in Late Imperial China (1500-1900); Appendix: Chinese Quotations and Glossary; 4 Linking the Realm: The Gokaidô Highway Network in Early Modern Japan (1603-1868)
5 Obliterated Itineraries: Pueblo Trails, Chaco Roads, and Archaeological Knowledge6 Roads to Ruins: The Role of Sacbeob in Ancient Maya Society; 7 The Chinchaysuyu Road and the Definition of an Inca Imperial Landscape; 8 The Sahara as Highway for Trade and Knowledge; 9 From the Indus to the Mediterranean: The Administrative Organization and Logistics of the Great Roads of the Achaemenid Empire; 10 The Well-Remembered Path: Roadways and Cultural Memory in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt; 11 Roads, Integration, Connectivity, and Economic Performance in the Roman Empire 12 Roads Not Featured: A Roman Failure to Communicate?13 Road Connectivity and the Structure of Ancient Empires: A Case Study from Late Antiquity; 14 Jews and News: The Interaction of Private and Official Communication-Networks in Jewish History; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811058603321 |
| Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Landscapes of movement [[electronic resource] ] : trails, paths, and roads in anthropological perspective / / edited by James E. Snead, Clark L. Erickson, J. Andrew Darling
| Landscapes of movement [[electronic resource] ] : trails, paths, and roads in anthropological perspective / / edited by James E. Snead, Clark L. Erickson, J. Andrew Darling |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (383 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SneadJames E <1962-> (James Elliott)
EricksonClark L DarlingJ. Andrew |
| Collana | Penn Museum international research conferences |
| Soggetto topico |
Human geography
Human beings - Migrations Roads - History Indian roads - History Roads, Prehistoric |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-89760-1
1-934536-53-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Penn Museum International Research Conferences. Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Making Human Space: The Archaeology of Trails, Paths, and Roads / Snead, James E. / Erickson, Clark l. / Darling, J.Andrew -- 2. Kukhepya: Searching for Hopi Trails / Ferguson, T. J. / Berlin, G. Lennis / Kuwanwisiwma, Leigh J. -- 3. Trails of Tradition: Movement, Meaning, and Place / Snead, James E. -- 4. O'odham Trails and the Archaeology of Space / Darling, J. Andrew -- 5. Reconstructing Southern Paiute- Chemehuevi Trails in the Mojave Desert of Southern Nevada and California: Ethnographic Perspectives from the 1930's / Fowler, Catherine S. -- 6. From Path to Myth: Journeys and the Naturalization of Territorial Identity along the Missouri River / Zedeño, María Nieves / Hollenback, Kacy / Grinnell, Calvin -- 7. A Road by Any Other Name: Trails, Paths, and Roads in Maya Language and Thought / Keller, Angela H. -- 8. When the Construction of Meaning Preceded the Meaning of Construction: From Footpaths to Monumental Entrances in Ancient Costa Rica / Sheets, Payson -- 9. Emergent Landscapes of Movement in Early Bronze Age Northern Mesopotamia / Ur, Jason -- 10. Agency, Causeways, Canals, and the Landscapes of Everyday Life in the Bolivian Amazon / Erickson, Clark L. -- 11. Precolumbian Causeways and Canals as Landesque Capital / Erickson, Clark L. / Walker, John H. -- 12. Routes through the Landscape: A Comparative Approach / Earle, Timothy -- Appendix 1. Coding of the Cases of Paths, Trails, and Roads Discussed in the Conference "Landscapes of Movement: Trails, Paths, and Roads in Anthropological Perspective" / Earle, Timothy -- Appendix 2. Comparative Variables for Trails, Paths, and Roads -- References Cited -- Contributors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463674103321 |
| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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