TY - JOUR
T1 - On plant roots logical gates
AU - Adamatzky, Andrew
AU - Sirakoulis, Georgios Ch
AU - Martínez, Genaro J.
AU - Baluška, Frantisek
AU - Mancuso, Stefano
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - Theoretical constructs of logical gates implemented with plant roots are morphological computing asynchronous devices. Values of Boolean variables are represented by plant roots. A presence of a plant root at a given site symbolises the logical TRUE, an absence the logical FALSE. Logical functions are calculated via interaction between roots. Two types of two-inputs–two-outputs gates are proposed: a gate 〈x, y〉 → 〈xy, x + y〉 where root apexes are guided by gravity and a gate 〈x,y〉→〈x¯y,x〉 where root apexes are guided by humidity. We propose a design of binary half-adder based on the gates.
AB - Theoretical constructs of logical gates implemented with plant roots are morphological computing asynchronous devices. Values of Boolean variables are represented by plant roots. A presence of a plant root at a given site symbolises the logical TRUE, an absence the logical FALSE. Logical functions are calculated via interaction between roots. Two types of two-inputs–two-outputs gates are proposed: a gate 〈x, y〉 → 〈xy, x + y〉 where root apexes are guided by gravity and a gate 〈x,y〉→〈x¯y,x〉 where root apexes are guided by humidity. We propose a design of binary half-adder based on the gates.
KW - Logical gates
KW - Plant roots
KW - Unconventional computing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85018509338&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.biosystems.2017.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.biosystems.2017.04.002
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 28428118
AN - SCOPUS:85018509338
SN - 0303-2647
VL - 156-157
SP - 40
EP - 45
JO - BioSystems
JF - BioSystems
ER -