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Membrane Computing : an Introduction /

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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 function...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Păun, Gheorghe
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002.
Series:Natural computing series.
Subjects:
Computer science.
Information theory.
Artificial intelligence.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: Membrane Computing, What It Is and What It Is Not
  • 2. Prerequisites
  • 3. Membrane Systems with Symbol-Objects
  • 4. Trading Evolution for Communication
  • 5. Structuring Objects
  • 6. Networks of Membranes
  • 7. Trading Space for Time
  • 8. Further Technical Results
  • 9. (Attempts to Get) Back to Reality
  • Open Problems
  • Universality Results. Bibliography
  • Index.