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NETWORKING - Understanding beneficial network structures that Physarum polycephalum solves. | |||
Slime molds seem to be very good at networking. They have no central information processing unit like a brain but manages to solve more complicated tasks which can not be explained through the Darwinian mechanisms of genetic mutation and natural selection. It can find the shortest path through a maze or connect different arrays of food sources in an efficient manner with low total length, yet short average minimum distance between pairs of food sources. For example in a famous study slime mold connects scattered food crumbs in a design that’s nearly identical to Tokyo’s rail system. | Slime molds seem to be very good at networking. They have no central information processing unit like a brain but manages to solve more complicated tasks which can not be explained through the Darwinian mechanisms of genetic mutation and natural selection. It can find the shortest path through a maze or connect different arrays of food sources in an efficient manner with low total length, yet short average minimum distance between pairs of food sources. For example in a famous study slime mold connects scattered food crumbs in a design that’s nearly identical to Tokyo’s rail system. | ||
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"Physarum polycephalum consists of two parts a “sponge” section including distributed actin-myosin fibers, and a “tube” section made up of actin-myosin fibers. These two parts consist of a mycelial network, which acts both as an information highway transporting chemical and physical signals and as a supply network circulating nutrients and metabolites throughout the organism. The topology of this network changes as Physarum explores the neighboring environment. Many remarkable intelligent behaviors have been displayed during this process." | "Physarum polycephalum consists of two parts a “sponge” section including distributed actin-myosin fibers, and a “tube” section made up of actin-myosin fibers. These two parts consist of a mycelial network, which acts both as an information highway transporting chemical and physical signals and as a supply network circulating nutrients and metabolites throughout the organism. The topology of this network changes as Physarum explores the neighboring environment. Many remarkable intelligent behaviors have been displayed during this process." | ||
I am interested in understanding how slime mold design high-quality networks. There seems to be no exact | I am interested in understanding how slime mold design high-quality networks. There seems to be no exact |
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