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SUBMITTER: Zhang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4455180 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Xiaoge X Zhang Xiaoge X Adamatzky Andrew A Chan Felix T S FT Deng Yong Y Yang Hai H Yang Xin-She XS Tsompanas Michail-Antisthenis I MA Sirakoulis Georgios Ch GCh Mahadevan Sankaran S
Scientific reports 20150604
A network design problem is to select a subset of links in a transport network that satisfy passengers or cargo transportation demands while minimizing the overall costs of the transportation. We propose a mathematical model of the foraging behaviour of slime mould P. polycephalum to solve the network design problem and construct optimal transport networks. In our algorithm, a traffic flow between any two cities is estimated using a gravity model. The flow is imitated by the model of the slime m ...[more]