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High-Level Models of Unconventional Computations

A Case of Plasmodium

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Overview

  • Shows that plasmodium propagation is a natural process algebra
  • Proposes high-level programming models for controlling the slime mould behaviour
  • Applies the programming tools for modelling slime mould in different behavioral sciences which are based on studying the stimulus–reaction relations
  • Offers high-level programming tools for Physarum Chips in the form of a new object-oriented programming language
  • Checks, within the proposed language, the possibility of practically implementing storage modification machines on plasmodia and their applications to behavioural science such as behavioural economics and game theory
  • Uses the proposed language for developing programs for the slime mould using the spatial configuration of stationary nodes

Part of the book series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (SSDC, volume 159)

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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland

    Andrew Schumann

  • Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland

    Krzysztof Pancerz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: High-Level Models of Unconventional Computations

  • Book Subtitle: A Case of Plasmodium

  • Authors: Andrew Schumann, Krzysztof Pancerz

  • Series Title: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91773-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Intelligent Technologies and Robotics, Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91772-6Published: 28 May 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06295-8Published: 20 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91773-3Published: 17 May 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2198-4182

  • Series E-ISSN: 2198-4190

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 183

  • Number of Illustrations: 77 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Computational Intelligence, Game Theory

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