From Pattern Formation to Material Computation: Multi-agent Modelling of Physarum Polycephalum

Front Matter....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction and Overview....Pages 3-12
Slime Mould Physarum Polycephalum ....Pages 13-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
A Multi-agent Model of Physarum ....Pages 33-60
Modelling the Biological Behaviour of Physarum ....Pages 61-89
Implementing Neural Phenomena in Unorganised Non-neural Substrates....Pages 91-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Modelling Computational Behaviour of Physarum ....Pages 109-123
Approximating Classical Computing Devices with the Multi-agent Model....Pages 125-140
Dynamical Reconfiguration of Transport Networks Using Feedback Control....Pages 141-159
Material Approximation of Combinatorial Optimisation....Pages 161-180
Voronoi Diagrams and Their Variants with Attractant and Repulsion Fields....Pages 181-197
Material Representation of Area and Shape: Convex Hull, Concave Hull and Skeleton....Pages 199-212
Material Computation of Data Smoothing and Spline Curves....Pages 213-232
Tracking Statistical Properties and Changing Data via Morphological Adaptation....Pages 233-251
Morphological Adaptation Approaches to Path Planning....Pages 253-265
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Emergence and Transitions of Spatio-temporal Oscillations....Pages 269-288
Modelling Collective Transport and Amoeboid Movement....Pages 289-309
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Summary of the Approach and Modelling beyond Physarum ....Pages 313-347
Back Matter....Pages 349-369