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A Membrane-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm with a Population P System and its Application to Distribution System Recon guration
This paper develops a membrane-inspired evolutionary algorithm, PSMA,
which is designed by using a population P system and a quantum-inspired evolutionary
algorithm (QIEA). We use a population P system with three cells to organize three
types of QIEAs, where communications between cells are performed at the level of genes,
instead of the level of individuals reported in the existing membrane algorithms in the
literature. Knapsack problems are applied to discuss the parameter setting and to test
the effectiveness of PSMA. Experimental results show that PSMA is superior to four representative
QIEAs and our previous work with respect to the quality of solutions and the
elapsed time. We also use PSMA to solve the optimal distribution system reconfiguration
problem in power systems for minimizing the power loss.Junta de Andaluc铆a P08-TIC-04200Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci贸n TIN-2009-1319
Membrane Computing as a Modeling Framework. Cellular Systems Case Studies
Membrane computing is a branch of natural computing aiming
to abstract computing models from the structure and functioning of
the living cell, and from the way cells cooperate in tissues, organs, or
other populations of cells. This research area developed very fast, both
at the theoretical level and in what concerns the applications. After a
very short description of the domain, we mention here the main areas
where membrane computing was used as a framework for devising models
(biology and bio-medicine, linguistics, economics, computer science,
etc.), then we discuss in a certain detail the possibility of using membrane
computing as a high level computational modeling framework for
addressing structural and dynamical aspects of cellular systems. We close
with a comprehensive bibliography of membrane computing applications
Frontiers of Membrane Computing: Open Problems and Research Topics
This is a list of open problems and research topics collected after the Twelfth
Conference on Membrane Computing, CMC 2012 (Fontainebleau, France (23 - 26 August
2011), meant initially to be a working material for Tenth Brainstorming Week on
Membrane Computing, Sevilla, Spain (January 30 - February 3, 2012). The result was
circulated in several versions before the brainstorming and then modified according to
the discussions held in Sevilla and according to the progresses made during the meeting.
In the present form, the list gives an image about key research directions currently active
in membrane computing