Welcome to the KIST Europe Data Set. This collection of data documents the growth process of the slime mold Physarum Polycephalum and the development of the characteristic networks it forms as observed in wet-lab experiments. This dataset contains images of said networks and their equivalent graph representations. Furthermore full documentation is included that aims to explain every aspect of the data including its production in full detail. In addition to that suggestions of how this dataset may be used can be found.

This dataset is documented in two ways. First, you will find frequently encounter README files. They contain concise descriptions of the folders and  they are associated with. Phrased otherwise, they tell you the most important things that you need to know to understand a given piece of data. You should always read the README files. For details, however you need to consult the documentation.

The second mode of documentation is more detailed and includes documents that give a precise and complete account of how data was obtained. They cover all stages of data production as well as data processing. In particular they define the experimental setups used. The level of detail is such that a complete reproduction of this data set becomes possible.

CONTETS of the present folder:

documentation
graph_drawings
processed_graphs
raw_graphs
raw_images
tools
license
associated_results


documentation: 

Contains full text documentation covering every aspect of this dataset in detail.


graph_drawings:

Contains a folder for each set of graph representations derived using NEFI and a given pipeline. Each of these folders contains the data of all available experiments. For each experiment the obtained graphs are drawn on-top of the original image from the lab for easy visual inspection. These folders thus contain drawings of the filtered and tracked graphs.

processed_graphs:

Contains a folder for each set of graph representations derived using NEFI and a given pipeline. Each of these folders contains the data of all available experiments. For each experiment the contained graphs were filtered and tracked according to a well-defined procedure. These folders thus contain the filtered and tracked graphs.

raw_graphs:

Contains a folder for each set of graph representations derived using NEFI and a given pipeline. Each of these folders contains the data of all available experiments. For each experiment the contained graphs are raw. These folders thus contain the raw, i.e unprocessed graphs.

raw_images:

Contains a folder for each experiment. Each of these folders contain a time series of images documenting the growth and network formation observed in P. polycephalum. 

tools:

Contains programs and scripts useful for working with the dataset. In particular it contains the filtering algorithms and the code that computes node trackings.

license:

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Please consult the documentation to find out how to give credit.

associated_results:

Contains results obtaind on the basis of the present dataset as of yet. This can include numerical data, plots as well as code use to obtain the results. The focus is on information with a strong potential to be relevant to others.