[Natural Computing Series] Membrane Computing || Introduction: Membrane Computing — What It Is and What It Is Not

✍ Scribed by Păun, Gheorghe

• Book ID: 120401620
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 860 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 3642561969
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56196-2_1

✦ Synopsis

Like quantum computing or DNA computing, membrane computing is an unconventional model of computation associated with a new computing paradigm. The field of membrane computing was initiated in 1998 by the author of this book; it is a branch of natural computing inspired by the structure and functioning of the living cell and devises distributed parallel computing models in the form of membrane systems, also called P systems. This book is the first monograph surveying the new field in a systematic and coherent way. It presents the central notions and results: the main classes of P systems, the main results about their computational power and efficiency, a complete bibliography, and a series of open problems and research topics. Thus, the book is indispensible reading for anybody interested in molecular computing.