Structural machines and slime mould computation

Burgin, Mark; Adamatzky, Andrew

Abstract

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. 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. The goal of this paper to advance formalism of Physarum machines providing theoretical tools for exploration of possibilities of these machines and extension of their applications. To achieve this goal, we introduce structural machines and study their properties.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 1, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Apr 19, 2017
• Publication Date: Apr 3, 2017
• Deposit Date: May 8, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 19, 2018
• Journal: International Journal of General Systems
• Print ISSN: 0308-1079
• Electronic ISSN: 1563-5104
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 201-224
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03081079.2017.1300585
• Keywords: structural machines, Pysarum machine
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/900407
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03081079.2017.1300585
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of General Systems on 19th April 2017, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03081079.2017.1300585.
• Contract Date: May 8, 2017