Physarum machines imitating a Roman road network: the 3D approach
| Autor: | Nikolaos I. Dourvas, Vasilis Evangelidis, Andrew Adamatzky, Michail-Antisthenis I. Tsompanas, Jeff Jones, Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
020203 distributed computing Multidisciplinary Spatial configuration Physarum biology Science Distributed computing Foraging Physarum polycephalum 02 engineering and technology Acellular slime mould biology.organism_classification Article 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Archaeological research 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Slime mold Medicine Degree of similarity |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports Scientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | Physarum Polycephalum is a single cell visible by unaided eye. This is a plasmodial, vegetative stage of acellular slime mould. This single cell has myriad of nuclei which contribute to a network of bio-chemical oscillators responsible for the slime mould’s distributed sensing, concurrent information processing and decision making, and parallel actuation. When presented with a spatial configuration of sources of nutrients, the slime mould spans the sources with networks of its protoplasmic tube. These networks belong to a family of planar proximity graphs. The protoplasmic networks also show a degree of similarity to vehicular transport networks. Previously, we have shown that the foraging behaviour of the slime mould can be applied in archaeological research to complement and enhance conventional geographic information system tools. The results produced suffered from limitation of a flat substrate: transport routes imitated by the slime mould did not reflect patterns of elevations. To overcome the limitation of the ‘flat world’ we constructed a three-dimensional model of Balkans. In laboratory experiments and computer modelling we uncovered patterns of the foraging behaviour that might shed a light onto development of Roman roads in the Balkans during the imperial period (1st century BC – 4th century AD). |
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