Title
Playing Against Nature: Risk Averse Behaviour Of Physarum Polycephalum
Abstract
The computational capabilities of the plasmodium of the slime mould Physarum polycephalum were first reported in 2001. Specifically, the ability of this organism to find the minimum-length path between two points in a labyrinth was demonstrated. This Physarum's ability has been attributed to chemo-attraction to food. More recently, it has been observed that slime moulds can choose conditions most amenable to their survival. Here we show how Physarum develops its route to food under a risk averse behaviour, as a game against nature, which means also choosing paths that are not the shortest ones.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2019
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF UNCONVENTIONAL COMPUTING
Plasmodium, risk averse behaviour, robust control, shortest path problem, physarum polycephalum
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
14
5-6
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1548-7199
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Laura Pastorino100.34
Chiara Bersani254.86
Svetlana Erokhina341.20
Victor Erokhin45011.40
Roberto Sacile510221.79