A monograph treating a fascinating and fast growing area of research, focussing on the theoretical computer science aspects of membrane computing and giving a comprehensive understanding of the computing power of the models considered. A clear and up-to-date starting point for membrarne computing.

Zusammenfassung
Membrane systems are a new class of distributed and parallel model of computation inspired by the subdivision of living cells into compartments delimited by membranes. Their hierarchical internal structure, their locality of interactions, their inherent parallelism and also their capacity to create new compartments, represent the distinguishing hallmarks of membrane systems. Membrane computing, the study of membrane systems, is a fascinating and fast growing area of research. The main streams of current investigations in Membrane Computing concern theoretical computer science and the modelling of complex systems. In this monograph Pierluigi Frisco considers the former trend: he presents an in-depth study of the formal language and computational complexity aspects of the most widely investigated models of membrane systems. This study gives a comprehensive understanding of the computational power of the models considered, shows different proof techniques used for such study, and introduces links highlighting the similarities and differences between the their computational power. These models cover a broad range of features, giving a grasp of the enormous flexibility of the framework offered by membrane systems. Aimed at graduates and researchers in the field, who can use it as a reference text, and to people with an initial interest in Membrane Computing, who can use it as a clear and up to date starting point for Membrane Computing.
Titel
Computing with Cells
Untertitel
Advances in Membrane Computing
EAN
9780191579639
ISBN
978-0-19-157963-9
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
21.05.2009
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Anzahl Seiten
368
Jahr
2009
Untertitel
Englisch