A software tool for modeling and simulation of numerical P systems |
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Authors: | Buiu Catalin Arsene Octavian Cipu Corina Patrascu Monica |
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Institution: | a Laboratory of Natural Computing and Robotics, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Spl. Independentei 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania b Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Spl. Independentei 91-95, Bucharest, Romania c Faculty of Applied Sciences, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Spl. Independentei 313, 060042 Bucharest, Romania |
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Abstract: | A P system represents a distributed and parallel bio-inspired computing model in which basic data structures are multi-sets or strings. Numerical P systems have been recently introduced and they use numerical variables and local programs (or evolution rules), usually in a deterministic way. They may find interesting applications in areas such as computational biology, process control or robotics. The first simulator of numerical P systems (SNUPS) has been designed, implemented and made available to the scientific community by the authors of this paper. SNUPS allows a wide range of applications, from modeling and simulation of ordinary differential equations, to the use of membrane systems as computational blocks of cognitive architectures, and as controllers for autonomous mobile robots. This paper describes the functioning of a numerical P system and presents an overview of SNUPS capabilities together with an illustrative example. Availability: SNUPS is freely available to researchers as a standalone application and may be downloaded from a dedicated website, http://snups.ics.pub.ro/, which includes an user manual and sample membrane structures. |
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Keywords: | Membrane computing Numerical P system Simulation Java |
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