Bio-development of motorway network in the Netherlands: A slime mould approach

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages

  Adamatzky, Andrew ^a   Lees, Michael ^b   Sloot, Peter ^c  

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

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bio inspired computing; pattern formation; Physarum polycephalum; road planning; The Netherlands motorways

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880361380     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525912500348     Document Type: Article

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