Slime mould imitates transport networks in China
International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics
ISSN: 1756-378X
Article publication date: 19 August 2013
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to study the slime mould Physarum polycephalum
Design/methodology/approach
The paper proceeds by representing major urban areas of China by oat flakes, inoculating the slime mould in Beijing, waiting till the slime mould colonises all urban areas, or colonises some and cease further propagation, and analysing the protoplasmic networks formed and comparing with man-made motorway network and planar proximity graphs. Findings
Findings
Laboratory experiments found that P. polycephalum
Originality/value
The paper demonstrated the strong component of transport system built by slime mould of P. polycephalum
Keywords
Citation
Adamatzky, A., Yang, X.-S. and Zhao, Y.-X. (2013), "Slime mould imitates transport networks in China", International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics, Vol. 6 No. 3, pp. 232-251. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJICC-02-2013-0005
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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