ROAD PLANNING WITH SLIME MOULD: IF <i>PHYSARUM</i> BUILT MOTORWAYS IT WOULD ROUTE M6/M74 THROUGH NEWCASTLE

Adamatzky, Andrew; Jones, Jeff

doi:10.1142/s0218127410027568

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“…Second, application of this method into other fields may be investigated, such as the transportation network, mobile networks, and telecommunication networks. Third, the proposed method can be further enriched with approaches adopted in swarm-based modelling of the slime mould [65][66][67].…”

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A Physarum-inspired approach to supply chain network design

Adamatzky

Yang

et al. 2016

Sci. China Inf. Sci.

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A supply chain is a system which moves products from a supplier to customers, which plays a very important role in all economic activities. This paper proposes a novel algorithm for a supply chain network design inspired by biological principles of nutrients' distribution in protoplasmic networks of slime mould Physarum polycephalum. The algorithm handles supply networks where capacity investments and product flows are decision variables, and the networks are required to satisfy product demands. Two features of the slime mould are adopted in our algorithm. The first is the continuity of flux during the iterative process, which is used in realtime updating of the costs associated with the supply links. The second feature is adaptivity. The supply chain can converge to an equilibrium state when costs are changed. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the practicality and flexibility of the proposed method algorithm.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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A Physarum-inspired approach to supply chain network design

Adamatzky

Yang

et al. 2016

Sci. China Inf. Sci.

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“…Typically the plasmodium body will engulf smaller obstacles but spread around larger ones and effectively perform a complex set of manoeuvres that calculate the most efficient network topology for the organism and approximates man-made travel routes A. Adamatzky and Jones (2010); A. I. Adamatzky (2014).…”

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Evaluation of French motorway network in relation to slime mould transport networks

Adamatzky

Allard²,

Jones

et al. 2016

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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UWE makes no representation or warranties of commercial utility, title, or fitness for a particular purpose or any other warranty, express or implied in respect of any material deposited.UWE makes no representation that the use of the materials will not infringe any patent, copyright, trademark or other property or proprietary rights.UWE accepts no liability for any infringement of intellectual property rights in any material deposited but will remove such material from public view pending investigation in the event of an allegation of any such infringement. Abstract France has developed a high quality motorway system that has been rapidly rationalized and matured in the late 20th century yet has been founded on ancient, Roman infrastructures. The development of the motorway system is thus an iterative method associated with hierarchical 'top-down' processes taking into consideration factors such as population density, network demand, location of natural resources, civil engineering challenges and population growth. At the opposite extreme to this approach is the development of transport networks within simple biological systems which are typically decentralised, dynamic and emerge from simple, local and 'bottom-up' interactions. We examine the notion, and to what extent, that the structure of a complex motorway network could be predicted by the transport network of the single-celled slime mould Physarum polycephalum. This comparison is explored through its ability to 'deduce' the French motorway network in a series of analogue and digital experiments. We compare Physarum network and motorway network topology in relation to proximity graphs and assess the trade-off between connectivity and minimal network length with a bottom-up model of a virtual plasmodium. We demonstrate that despite the apparent complexity of the challenge, Physarum can successfully apply its embodied intelligence to rationalise the motorway topology. We also demonstrate that such calculations prove challenging in the face of significant obstacles such as, mountainous terrain and may account for the missing route between Nice, Grenoble, Avignon and Lyon. Finally, we discuss the topological findings with respect to circle and spoke city planning infrastructures and certain species of web-building spiders.

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“…The resulting phototaxis was recorded and used to naturally manoeuvre the robot away from light. Other laboratory proofs of P.polycephalum's computational ability include route planning [2,5], colour sensing [3] and numerous others [1].…”

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Music with Unconventional Computing: A System for Physarum Polycephalum Sound Synthesis

Braund

Miranda

2014

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. The field of computer music is evolving in tandem with advances in computer science. Our research is interested in how the developing field of unconventional computation may provide new pathways for music and music technologies. In this paper we present the development of a system for harnessing the biological computing substrate Physarum Polycephalum for sonification. Physarum Polycephalum is a large single cell with a myriad of diploid nuclei, which moves like a giant amoeba in its pursuit for food. The organism is amorphous, and although without a brain or any serving centre of control, can respond to the environmental conditions that surround it.

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ROAD PLANNING WITH SLIME MOULD: IF PHYSARUM BUILT MOTORWAYS IT WOULD ROUTE M6/M74 THROUGH NEWCASTLE

Cited by 97 publications

References 30 publications

A Physarum-inspired approach to supply chain network design

A Physarum-inspired approach to supply chain network design

Evaluation of French motorway network in relation to slime mould transport networks

Music with Unconventional Computing: A System for Physarum Polycephalum Sound Synthesis

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