Rebuilding Iberian motorways with slime mould

BioSystems

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-100

  Adamatzky, Andrew ^a   Alonso Sanz, Ramon ^b  

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

^b Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bio inspired computing; Pattern formation; Physarum polycephalum; Road planning; Spanish and Portuguese motorways

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOTORWAY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SLIME MOULD; SOCIAL INSECT; SUBSTRATE; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORAGING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PLASMODIUM; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

HEXAPODA; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 79957833911     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: 18728324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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