Control of interaction strength in a network of the true slime mold by a microfabricated structure

BioSystems

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 33-38

  Takamatsu, Atsuko ^a   Fujii, Teruo ^a,b   Endo, Isao ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coupled oscillators; Microfabrication; Physarum polycephalum

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PLASMODIUM; THICKNESS; TUBE;

CHONDROMYCES; MYXOGASTRIA; PHYSARUM; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 0034116199     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(99)00080-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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