High-level models of unconventional computations: A Case of Plasmodium
General Material Designation
[electronic resources]
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Andrew Schumann, Krzysztof Pancerz.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cham, Switzerland
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Springer
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2019.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
iv, 183 pages.
Other Physical Details
: ill.
SERIES
Series Title
Studies in systems, decision and control, 159.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book shows that the plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum can be considered a natural labelled transition system, and based on this, it proposes high-level programming models for controlling the plasmodium behaviour. The presented programming is a form of pure behaviourism: the authors consider the possibility of simulating all basic stimulus-reaction relations. As plasmodium is a good experimental medium for behaviouristic models, the book applies the programming tools for modelling plasmodia as unconventional computers in different behavioural sciences based on studying the stimulus-reaction relations. The authors examine these relations within the framework of a bio-inspired game theory on plasmodia they have developed i.e. within an experimental game theory, where, on the one hand, all basic definitions are verified in experiments with Physarum polycephalum and Badhamia utricularis and, on the other hand, all basic algorithms are implemented in the object-oriented language for simulations of plasmodia. The results allow the authors to propose that the plasmodium can be a model for concurrent games and context-based games.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Entry Element
Plasmodium -- Behavior -- Computer simulation.
Entry Element
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
Entry Element
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology.
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology, Plasmodium, Computer simulation.