Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: Physarum machines imitating a Roman road network: the 3D approach
doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06961-y
Figure Lengend Snippet: Experimental laboratory results. ( a ) A typical image of Physarum polycephalum growing on a non-nutrient substrate and connecting oat flakes, which represent major settlement areas U by a network of protoplasmic tubes, where a: site of inoculation, ( b ) oat flakes, ( c ) active zone, propagating in a search for nutrients, ( d ) oat flake occupied by Plasmodium, ( e ) protoplasmic tube. (Balkans territory template (Terrai): Physarum polycephalum growing in the 3D Balkans template and depictured in angular view. ( c and d ) Experimental laboratory example of north-east and then west propagation of the slime mould. Petri dishes with slime mould were scanned every 24 h.
Article Snippet: Figure 4 Generalized Physarum graphs P ( θ ) 1 ≤ θ ≤ 5 (Figure from Microsoft paint v. 1607 and data points from Matlab v. R2011b by author N.D.).
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