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Discovering Boolean Gates in Slime Mould
[article]
2016
arXiv
pre-print
The occurrence frequency of the gates discovered in the slime was analysed and compared to complexity hierarchies of logical gates obtained in other unconventional materials. ...
We show that it is possible to find configurations that allow the Physarum to act as any 2-input Boolean gate. ...
Simon and Andy prepared the mould and performed the exhaustive search experiments on the hardware platform, Jan, Klaus and Jürgen contributed with the mould neural network modelling. ...
arXiv:1607.02168v1
fatcat:cihaptlg5rcz7d7rn2wppjicpy
Logics in fungal mycelium networks
[article]
2021
arXiv
pre-print
The information processing in the mycelium networks is implemented via propagation of electrical and chemical signals en pair with morphological changes in the mycelium structure. ...
example of a single real colony of Aspergillus niger, we demonstrate that the non-linear transformation of electrical signals and trains of extracellular voltage spikes can be used to implement logical gates ...
Discovering boolean gates in slime mould. In Inspired by Nature, pages 323–
337. Springer, 2018.
[19] Marie Held, Clive Edwards, and Dan V Nicolau. ...
arXiv:2112.07236v1
fatcat:b3jvp4ze4nbjvhmbbzbeqsbkku
On Boolean gates in fungal colony
[article]
2020
arXiv
pre-print
We use FitzHugh-Nagumo model to imitate propagation of excitation in a single colony of Aspergillus niger. Boolean values are encoded by spikes of extracellular potential. ...
We derive sets of two-inputs-on-output logical gates implementable the fungal colony and analyse distributions of the gates. ...
x+y Sx Sy x⊕y xy xy xy Figure 9 : Comparative ratios of Boolean gates discovered in mycelium network in present analysed in present paper, black disc and solid line; slime mould Physarum polycephalum ...
arXiv:2002.09680v1
fatcat:7tkygdy2zvg33fq5bonujeau5m
Simulating strange attraction of acellular slime mould Physarum polycephaum to herbal tablets
2012
Mathematical and computer modelling
Plasmodium of acellular slime mould Physarum polycephalum exhibits traits of wave-like behaviour. The plasmodium's behaviour can be finely tuned in laboratory experiments by using herbal tablets. ...
We use to two-variable Oregonator model to simulate the plasmodium behaviour in presence of the herbal tablets. ...
In present section we discuss two possible applications of sedative tables in slime mould based computing: approximation of planar shapes and implementation of logical gates. ...
doi:10.1016/j.mcm.2011.09.015
fatcat:6ozjt3wylza6pbr4l7tybascw4
Slime mould logic gates based on frequency changes of electrical potential oscillation
2014
Biosystems (Amsterdam. Print)
When inoculated in the environment with distributed sources of nutrients, the slime mould spans the nutrients using a network of protoplasmic tubes. ...
The main goal of P. polycephalum computing is to design a general purpose processing device from the plasmodial phase of slime mould [35] , [36] . ...
doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2014.08.001
pmid:25102081
fatcat:whsag7v2s5adhltzs2mbs4zali
Logics for Physarum Chips
2016
Studia Humana
In this case the plasmodium behaves in a massively parallel manner and propagates in all possible directions. ...
If it is assumed that at any time step t of propagation the slime mould can discover and reach not more than p − 1 attractants, then this behaviour can be coded in terms of p-adic numbers. ...
The point is that in any experiment with the slime mould we deal with attractants which can be placed differently to obtain different topologies and to induce different transitions of the slime mould. ...
doi:10.1515/sh-2016-0002
fatcat:etwgccd5sbhhleg33nf6bfmn2y
Slime Mould Logic Gates Based on Frequency Changes of Electrical Potential Oscillation
[article]
2014
arXiv
pre-print
the output of each gate and determining the input of the following gate. ...
External stimuli such as light and food cause changes in the oscillation frequency. ...
When inoculated in the environment with distributed sources of nutrients, the slime mould spans the nutrients using a network of protoplasmic tubes. ...
arXiv:1406.2021v1
fatcat:lqivasrd5zg5paomtoishl7334
Computers from plants we never made. Speculations
[article]
2017
arXiv
pre-print
Mathematical and engineering problems to be solved can be represented in plant root networks of resistive or reaction elements. ...
Thus, we are in position to make living variable resistors, capacitors, operational amplifiers, multipliers, potentiometers and fixed-function generators. ...
Boolean circuits being discovered. ...
arXiv:1702.08889v1
fatcat:htlr6rd7cjev3l5sxxm4zsvnim
On electrical gates on fungal colony
[article]
2021
arXiv
pre-print
We found that and, or and and-not gates are implementable in RC networks derived from the geometrical structure of the real fungal colony. ...
logical gates based on electrical properties of fungal colonies. ...
This can be done, for example, by means of biolithography as previously tested on slime mould Physarum polycephalum [14] . ...
arXiv:2107.00133v1
fatcat:yppxliehtffupk5z7wgvxhvgje
Route 20, Autobahn 7, and Slime Mold: Approximating the Longest Roads in USA and Germany With Slime Mold on 3-D Terrains
2014
IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
We discuss how nutrients placed in destination sites affect performance of slime mould, how the mould navigates around elevations, and offer an automaton model of slime mould which might explain variability ...
The slime mould sufficiently approximates man-made transport networks on a flat substrate. ...
Three years later Tsuda, Aono and Gunji implemented Boolean logical gates with live slime mould [24] . ...
doi:10.1109/tcyb.2013.2248359
pmid:23757537
fatcat:gw3dpz4lr5ctdd2pyyx3xcjche
Fungal electronics
[article]
2021
arXiv
pre-print
Fungal electronic devices are capable of changing their impedance and generating spikes of electrical potential in response to external control parameters. ...
In the model of serial RC networks, we found gates and, select and and-not; no or gates have been found. The number n of the gates discovered decreases by a power law with increase of θ. ...
] and future specialised circuits and processors made from living fungi functionalised with nanoparticles, as have been illustrated in prototypes of hybrid electronic devices with slime mould [68, 63 ...
arXiv:2111.11231v1
fatcat:zrov5rbebfagjloortmkbnolce
A Survey on Physarum Polycephalum Intelligent Foraging Behaviour and Bio-Inspired Applications
[article]
2021
arXiv
pre-print
The bio-inspired Physarum in competition algorithms proved to have great potentials for future research. ...
The novelty of this review stems from our exploration of Physarum intelligent behaviour in competition settings. ...
There are two main types of slime moulds: the cellular slime moulds, and the plasmodial slime moulds. ...
arXiv:2103.00172v3
fatcat:iunafkemtrdwziei6zasm337ey
Towards a Physarum learning chip
2016
Scientific Reports
Logic gates have also been produced using P. polycephalum: • First recognisable Boolean logic gate using propagation of plasmodial P. polycephalum along agar channels whose geometry was encoding the Boolean ...
To discover physical means of programming the slime mould computers we explore conductivity of the protoplasmic tubes; proposing that the network connectivity of protoplasmic tubes shows pathway-dependent ...
doi:10.1038/srep19948
pmid:26837470
pmcid:PMC4738259
fatcat:hnrykpt6kjh7tdq437iwstqysi
Computing on actin bundles network
[article]
2019
arXiv
pre-print
Frequencies of the Boolean gates' detection in actin network match an overall distribution of gates discovered in living substrates. ...
These travelling localisations can be utilised in making the actin network executing specific computing circuits. ...
The frequency hierarchy of gates discovered select {and-not, not-and} {or, and } xor matches, with some variations, hierarchies of gates discovered in living slime mould [15] , living plants [5] , Belousov-Zhabotinsky ...
arXiv:1903.10186v1
fatcat:q3khqb56gngzjhndvddw47am5a
Unconventional Bio-Inspired Model for Design of Logic Gates
[article]
2020
arXiv
pre-print
The presented simulation results for various Logic Gates are found in good agreement, both qualitatively and quantitatively, with the corresponding experimental results, proving the efficacy of this unconventional ...
Consequently, it has been successfully utilized in the past to solve a variety of path problems in graphs and combinatorial problems. ...
In this work, we consider the properties of the unicellular slime mould -P. polycephalum -during the creation of both adaptable networks [3, 4, 5, 6, 7] and logic gates [8] , which has led to the development ...
arXiv:2002.05767v2
fatcat:ku7jcdbkmjfbncjjqoygdgtwym
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