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Simulating Neurons in Reaction-Diffusion Chemistry

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Publication date22/03/2012
Host publicationIPCAT 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume7223
ISBN (electronic)978-3-642-28792-3
ISBN (print)978-3-642-28791-6
<mark>Original language</mark>English
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

Diffusive Computation is a method of using diffusing particles as a representation of data. The work presented attempts to show that through simulating spiking neurons, diffusive computation has at least the same computational power as spiking neural networks. We demonstrate (by simulation) that wavefronts in a Reaction-Diffusion system have a cumulative effect on concentration of reaction components when they arrive at the same point in the reactor, and that a catalyst-free region acts as a threshold on the initiation of an outgoing wave. Spiking neuron models can be mapped onto this system, and therefore RD systems can be used for computation using the same models as are applied to spiking neurons.