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Physarum Syllogistic L-Systems

Authors:
Andrew Schumann

Keywords: plasmodium; L-system; Aristotelian syllogistics; non-Aristotelian syllogistics

Abstract:
One of the best media for studying natural computing is presented by the behavior of Physarum Polycephalum plasmodia. Plasmodium has active zones of growing pseudopodia and these zones interact concurrently and in a parallel manner. This behavior can be stimulated by attractants and repellents. In the paper, different syllogistic systems are proposed for simulating the plasmodium’s behavior. While Aristotelian syllogistic may describe concrete directions of Physarum spatial expansions, pragmatic syllogistic proposed in this paper may describe Physarum simultaneous propagations in all directions. It is a more suitable system for applying syllogistic models in designing logic gates in plasmodia.

Pages: 15 to 20

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: May 25, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3735

ISBN: 978-1-61208-339-1

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from May 25, 2014 to May 29, 2014