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Process Calculus and Illocutionary Logic for Analyzing the Behavior of Schistosomatidae (Trematoda: Digenea)

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The behavior of collectives of trematode larvae (miracidia and cercariae) can be considered adaptable to environmental changes. For describing that behavior, we appeal to a language which is a kind of process calculus called Physarum spatial logic that is based on a formalization of the behavior of Physarum polycephalum, the supergroup Amoebozoa, phylum Mycetozoa, and class Myxogastria. This logic shows in what way we can program the behavior of Physarum polycephalum by attractants and repellents. This language contains labels for attractants and repellents. The behavior of miracidia and cercariae collectives can be simulated within this language as well. Taking into account the fact that the behavior of miracidia and cercariae collectives can be programmed only by attractants (repellents formiracidia and cercariae are not known still), we can claim that the behavior of miracidia and cercariae is a restricted (poorer) form of Physarum spatial logic. Within Physarum spatial logic we can define illocutionary logic showing how intelligent in the human meaning the behavior coded in Physarum spatial logic is. Thus, this logic can show how intelligent the behavior of trematode larvae (miracidia and cercariae) collectives is. So, illocutionary logic allows us to apply the Turing test to Physarum polycephalum as well as to trematode larvae to show their ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human.

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  1. Department of Cognitivistics, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland

    Andrew Schumann

  2. State Scientific and Production Amalgamation, The Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources, Minsk, Belarus

    Ludmila Akimova

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Schumann, A., Akimova, L. (2015). Process Calculus and Illocutionary Logic for Analyzing the Behavior of Schistosomatidae (Trematoda: Digenea). In: Pancerz, K., Zaitseva, E. (eds) Computational Intelligence, Medicine and Biology. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 600. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16844-9_5

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