Bio-Imitation of Mexican Migration Routes to the USA with Slime Mould on 3D Terrains

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 242-250

  Adamatzky, Andrew ^a   Martinez, Genaro J ^a,b  

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

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bio inspired computing; Biomimetics; Migration routes; Slime mould

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED COMPUTING; DISTRIBUTED SOURCES; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MIGRATION ROUTES; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; SLIME MOULDS; TRANSPORT NETWORKS;

BIOMIMETICS; EXPERIMENTS; MOLDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

NUTRIENTS;

EID: 84876710817     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(13)60220-6     Document Type: Article

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