Physarum machines imitating a Roman road network: the 3D approach

Abstract Physarum Polycephalum is a single cell visible by unaided eye. This is a plasmodial, vegetative stage of acellular slime mould. This single cell has myriad of nuclei which contribute to a network of bio-chemical oscillators responsible for the slime mould’s distributed sensing, concurrent i...

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Autores principales:	Vasilis Evangelidis, Jeff Jones, Nikolaos Dourvas, Michail-Antisthenis Tsompanas, Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis, Andrew Adamatzky
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e04c1f20ea99453f8e7c41a525151f6e2021-12-02T16:08:24ZPhysarum machines imitating a Roman road network: the 3D approach10.1038/s41598-017-06961-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/e04c1f20ea99453f8e7c41a525151f6e2017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06961-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Physarum Polycephalum is a single cell visible by unaided eye. This is a plasmodial, vegetative stage of acellular slime mould. This single cell has myriad of nuclei which contribute to a network of bio-chemical oscillators responsible for the slime mould’s distributed sensing, concurrent information processing and decision making, and parallel actuation. When presented with a spatial configuration of sources of nutrients, the slime mould spans the sources with networks of its protoplasmic tube. These networks belong to a family of planar proximity graphs. The protoplasmic networks also show a degree of similarity to vehicular transport networks. Previously, we have shown that the foraging behaviour of the slime mould can be applied in archaeological research to complement and enhance conventional geographic information system tools. The results produced suffered from limitation of a flat substrate: transport routes imitated by the slime mould did not reflect patterns of elevations. To overcome the limitation of the ‘flat world’ we constructed a three-dimensional model of Balkans. In laboratory experiments and computer modelling we uncovered patterns of the foraging behaviour that might shed a light onto development of Roman roads in the Balkans during the imperial period (1st century BC – 4th century AD).Vasilis EvangelidisJeff JonesNikolaos DourvasMichail-Antisthenis TsompanasGeorgios Ch. SirakoulisAndrew AdamatzkyNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Vasilis Evangelidis Jeff Jones Nikolaos Dourvas Michail-Antisthenis Tsompanas Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis Andrew Adamatzky Physarum machines imitating a Roman road network: the 3D approach
description	Abstract Physarum Polycephalum is a single cell visible by unaided eye. This is a plasmodial, vegetative stage of acellular slime mould. This single cell has myriad of nuclei which contribute to a network of bio-chemical oscillators responsible for the slime mould’s distributed sensing, concurrent information processing and decision making, and parallel actuation. When presented with a spatial configuration of sources of nutrients, the slime mould spans the sources with networks of its protoplasmic tube. These networks belong to a family of planar proximity graphs. The protoplasmic networks also show a degree of similarity to vehicular transport networks. Previously, we have shown that the foraging behaviour of the slime mould can be applied in archaeological research to complement and enhance conventional geographic information system tools. The results produced suffered from limitation of a flat substrate: transport routes imitated by the slime mould did not reflect patterns of elevations. To overcome the limitation of the ‘flat world’ we constructed a three-dimensional model of Balkans. In laboratory experiments and computer modelling we uncovered patterns of the foraging behaviour that might shed a light onto development of Roman roads in the Balkans during the imperial period (1st century BC – 4th century AD).
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author	Vasilis Evangelidis Jeff Jones Nikolaos Dourvas Michail-Antisthenis Tsompanas Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis Andrew Adamatzky
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title	Physarum machines imitating a Roman road network: the 3D approach
title_short	Physarum machines imitating a Roman road network: the 3D approach
title_full	Physarum machines imitating a Roman road network: the 3D approach
title_fullStr	Physarum machines imitating a Roman road network: the 3D approach
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Physarum machines imitating a Roman road network: the 3D approach

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