Convergence Properties for the Physarum Solver

Abstract

The Physarum solver is an intuitive mechanism for solving optimisation problems based on the idea of an electrical network, whereby the conductivity is reinforced by the current. We show that the Physarum solver obtains the solution to the linear transshipment problem on a digraph and that the electrical potential converges to an infinity-harmonic solution of the dual problem.

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