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SUBMITTER: Zhu L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6304117 | biostudies-other | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Zhu Liping L Kim Song-Ju SJ Hara Masahiko M Aono Masashi M
Royal Society open science 20181219 12
Choosing a better move correctly and quickly is a fundamental skill of living organisms that corresponds to solving a computationally demanding problem. A unicellular plasmodium of <i>Physarum polycephalum</i> searches for a solution to the travelling salesman problem (TSP) by changing its shape to minimize the risk of being exposed to aversive light stimuli. In our previous studies, we reported the results on the eight-city TSP solution. In this study, we show that the time taken by plasmodium ...[more]