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Material-based non-neural analogues of lateral inhibition: A multi-agent approach (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Jones, J. (2014, September). Material-based non-neural analogues of lateral inhibition: A multi-agent approach. Paper presented at Adaptive Materials, Devices and Systems Towards Unconventional Computing and Robotics: Modeling and Implementation, Rhodes, Greece

Lateral Inhibition (LI) phenomena occur in a wide range of sensory modalities and are most famously described in the human visual system. In LI the activity of a stimulated neuron is itself excited and suppresses the activity of its local neighbours... Read More about Material-based non-neural analogues of lateral inhibition: A multi-agent approach.

Exploiting environmental computation in a multi-agent model of slime mould (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Jones, J. (2014, September). Exploiting environmental computation in a multi-agent model of slime mould. Presented at ABBII International Symposium on Artificial, Biological and Bio-Inspired Intelligence, Rhodes, Greece

Very simple organisms, such as the single-celled amoeboid slime mould Physarumpolycephalum possess no neural tissue yet, despite this, are known to exhibit complex biological and computational behaviour. Given such limited resources, can environmenta... Read More about Exploiting environmental computation in a multi-agent model of slime mould.

Material approximation of data smoothing and spline curves inspired by slime mould (2014)
Journal Article
Jones, J., & Adamatzky, A. (2014). Material approximation of data smoothing and spline curves inspired by slime mould. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 9(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/9/3/036016

The giant single-celled slime mould Physarum polycephalum is known to approximate a number of network problems via growth and adaptation of its protoplasmic transport network and can serve as an inspiration towards unconventional, material-based comp... Read More about Material approximation of data smoothing and spline curves inspired by slime mould.