<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The paper considers main features of two groups of logics for biological devices, called Physarum Chips, based on the plasmodium. Let us recall that the plasmodium is a single cell with many diploid nuclei. It propagates networks by growing pseudopodia to connect scattered nutrients (pieces of food). As a result, we deal with a kind of computing. The first group of logics for Physarum Chips formalizes the plasmodium behaviour under conditions of nutrient-poor substrate. This group can be defined as standard storage modification machines. The second group of logics for Physarum Chips covers the plasmodium computing under conditions of nutrient-rich substrate. In this case the plasmodium behaves in a massively parallel manner and propagates in all possible directions. The logics of the second group are unconventional and deal with non-well-founded data such as infinite streams.</p></abstract>

The paper considers main features of two groups of logics for biological devices, called Physarum Chips, based on the plasmodium. Let us recall that the plasmodium is a single cell with many diploid nuclei. It propagates networks by growing pseudopodia to connect scattered nutrients (pieces of food). As a result, we deal with a kind of computing. The first group of logics for Physarum Chips formalizes the plasmodium behaviour under conditions of nutrient-poor substrate. This group can be defined as standard storage modification machines. The second group of logics for Physarum Chips covers the plasmodium computing under conditions of nutrient-rich substrate. In this case the plasmodium behaves in a massively parallel manner and propagates in all possible directions. The logics of the second group are unconventional and deal with non-well-founded data such as infinite streams.

Logics for Physarum Chips

University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow Rzeszow

Studia Humana

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The paper considers main features of two groups of logics for biological devices, called Physarum Chips, based on the plasmodium. Let us recall that the...

Logics for Physarum Chips

Published Online: Sep 17, 2016

Page range: 16 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sh-2016-0002

Keywords
Physarum polycephalum, unconventional computing, modern Voronoi diagram, p-adic valued logic, Petri nets

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Logics for Physarum Chips

Published Online: Sep 17, 2016

Page range: 16 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sh-2016-0002

KeywordsPhysarum polycephalum, unconventional computing, modern Voronoi diagram, p-adic valued logic, Petri nets

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Physarum polycephalum, unconventional computing, modern Voronoi diagram, p-adic valued logic, Petri nets