@inproceedings{cddbd7cd61034bffba3cbf4d368eaf1a,
title = "Physarum plasmodium perceives ambiguous stimulus as either attractant or repellent",
abstract = "We demonstrate that plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum perceives an ambiguous stimulus made from oatmeal and KCl as it is either attractant or repellent. While there is no intermediate behavior of being attracted and avoiding a stimulus, each plasmodium makes a decision whether a given stimulus is either attractant or repellent evenly. We propose a model explaining why the plasmodium either covers a stimulus perfectly or avoids a stimulus without entering a stimulus. The model is based on a rough set analysis. We propose that the plasmodium has two perception models with respect to attractant and repellent. These two models conflict with each other. Due to the composition of two models, the effect of one of the models can be evoked and the effect of another model is suppressed.",
keywords = "Attractive-repellent stimulant, Biocomputing, Decision making, Physarum, Rough set analysis",
author = "Masaki Yamachiyo and Andrew Adamatzky and Gunji, {Yukio Pegio}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.; International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2014, ICNAAM 2014 ; Conference date: 22-09-2014 Through 28-09-2014",
year = "2015",
month = mar,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1063/1.4912821",
language = "English",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
editor = "Simos, {Theodore E.} and Simos, {Theodore E.} and Simos, {Theodore E.} and Charalambos Tsitouras",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2014, ICNAAM 2014",
}