Physarum machines : computers from slime mould / Andrew Adamatzky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adamatzky, Andrew.

Series:

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

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physarum.

Physarum polycephalum.

Computers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613145192

9781283145190

1283145197

9789814327596

981432759X

OCLC:

741492826