Physarum inspires research beyond biomimetic algorithms: Reply to comments on "Does being multi-headed make you better at solving problems?"

Chao Gao; Chen Liu; Daniel Schenz; Xuelong Li; Zili Zhang; Marko Jusup; Zhen Wang; Madeleine Beekman; Toshiyuki Nakagaki

doi:10.1016/j.plrev.2019.07.002

Physarum inspires research beyond biomimetic algorithms: Reply to comments on "Does being multi-headed make you better at solving problems?"

Phys Life Rev. 2019 Jul:29:51-54. doi: 10.1016/j.plrev.2019.07.002. Epub 2019 Jul 11.

Authors

Chao Gao¹, Chen Liu², Daniel Schenz³, Xuelong Li⁴, Zili Zhang¹, Marko Jusup⁵, Zhen Wang⁶, Madeleine Beekman⁷, Toshiyuki Nakagaki⁸

Affiliations

¹ College of Computer and Information Science & College of Software, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
² Center for Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
³ Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan.
⁴ Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, Shaanxi, China.
⁵ World Research Hub Initiative (WRHI), Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan. Electronic address: mjusup@gmail.com.
⁶ School of Mechanical Engineering & Center for OPTical IMagery Analysis and Learning (OPTIMAL), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
⁷ School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
⁸ Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan; Global Station for Soft Matter, Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0815, Japan.

PMID: 31307950
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2019.07.002

Abstract

We look at a recent expansion of Physarum research from inspiring biomimetic algorithms to serving as a model organism in the evolutionary study of perception, memory, learning, and decision making.

Keywords: Biomimicry; Evolution; Learning; Memory; Minimal cognition.

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MeSH terms

Algorithms
Biomimetics
Physarum*
Problem Solving
Surveys and Questionnaires