Bio-development of motorway network in the Netherlands : a slime mould approach

• Main Authors: Adamatzky, Andrew, Lees, Michael, Sloot, Peter M. A.
• Other Authors: School of Computer Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96034; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10182
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Plasmodium of a cellular slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a very large eukaryotic microbe visible to the unaided eye. During its foraging behavior the plasmodium spans sources of nutrients with a network of protoplasmic tubes. In this paper we attempt to address the following question: Is slime...