The emergence and dynamical evolution of complex transport networks from simple low-level behaviours

International Journal of Unconventional Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-144

  Jones, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Diffusion; Dynamical networks; Mass transport; Physarum polycephalum

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949441365     PISSN: 15487199     EISSN: 15487202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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