Towards Slime Mould Based Computer

Andrew Schumann ()
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Andrew Schumann: Department of Cognitivistics, University of Information Technology and Management, Sucharskiego Street 2, Rzeszow 35-225, Poland

New Mathematics and Natural Computation (NMNC), 2016, vol. 12, issue 02, 97-111

Abstract: In this paper, I theoretically summarize, which behavioral possibilities the plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum has in order to be considered the medium of computation. I show that plasmodia can be represented as a natural implementation of different abstract automata: cellular automata, Kolmogorov–Uspensky machines, Schönhage’s storage modification machines, random-access machines. As a programming language for simulating Physarum plasmodium behavior, process calculus can be used.

Keywords: Physarum polycephalum; unconventional computer; slime mould; plasmodium; unconventional computing; Kolmogorov–Uspensky machine; Schönhage’s storage modification machine; random-access machine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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