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Biology of the Physarum polycephalum Plasmodium: Preliminaries for Unconventional Computing Read chapter Read first chapter

2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Power Laws of the Physarum Plasmodium

Author : Tomohiro Shirakawa

Published in: Advances in Physarum Machines

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The plasmodium of true slime mould Physarum is a unicellular and multinuclear giant amoeba. Recent studies revealed that the plasmodium has computational abilities, and such studies are mainly performed based on the behaviours of the plasmodium in a closed space. However, there are not many studies on the behaviours of the plasmodium in an open space, though such studies may be more important in understanding the computational adaptability and intelligence of the organism. In this chapter, we thus analysed the behaviours of the plasmodium in an open space, and as a result we found some power laws in the cell motility and exploratory behaviour by the unicellular organism. These results showed how the plasmodium realises effective exploration in an open space, at the same time giving a clue to understand how cells in general adapt itself to an open environment.

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Metadata
Title
Power Laws of the Physarum Plasmodium
Author
Tomohiro Shirakawa
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Advances in Physarum Machines

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-26661-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-26662-6

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26662-6_19

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