Playing with Derivation Modes and Halting Conditions

In the area of P systems, besides the standard maximally parallel derivation mode, many other derivation modes have been investigated, too. In this paper, many variants of hierarchical P systems and tissue P systems using different derivation modes are considered and the effects of using di erent derivation modes, especially the maximally parallel derivation modes and the maximally parallel set derivation modes, on the generative and accepting power are illustrated. Moreover, an overview on some control mechanisms used for (tissue) P systems is given. Furthermore, besides the standard total halting mode, we also consider different halting conditions such as unconditional halting and partial halting and explain how the use of different halting modes may considerably change the computing power of P systems and tissue P systems

The DBSCAN Clustering Algorithm on P Systems

We show how to implement the DBSCAN clustering algorithm (Density Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise) on membrane systems using evolution rules with promoters and priorities

Membrane Systems with Priority, Dissolution, Promoters and Inhibitors and Time Petri Nets

We continue the investigations on exploring the connection between membrane systems and time Petri nets already commenced in [4] by extending membrane systems with promoters/inhibitors, membrane dissolution and priority for rules compared to the simple symbol-object membrane system. By constructing the simulating Petri net, we retain one of the main characteristics of the Petri net model, namely, the firings of the transitions can take place in any order: we do not impose any additional stipulation on the transition sequences in order to obtain a Petri net model equivalent to the general Turing machine. Instead, we substantially exploit the gain in computational strength obtained by the introduction of the timing feature for Petri nets

An overview of participatory research and learning processes and their relevance to watershed management and development

This paper outlines general concepts of participatory research and learning; the relevance of participatory approaches to natural resources management and watershed management in particular; elements of good practice for participatory research and learning in the context of gendered, adaptive watershed management; and considerations for proposal development and review

(Tissue) P Systems with Anti-Membranes

The concept of a matter object being annihilated when meeting its corresponding anti-matter object is taken over for membranes as objects and anti-membranes as the corresponding annihilation counterpart in P systems. Natural numbers can be represented by the corresponding number of membranes with a speci c label. Computational completeness in this setting then can be obtained with using only elementary membrane division rules, without using objects. A similar result can be obtained for tissue P systems with cell division rules and cell / anti-cell annihilation rules. In both cases, as derivation modes we may take the standard maximally parallel derivation modes as well as any of the maximally parallel set derivation modes (non-extendable (multi)sets of rules, (multi)sets with maximal number of rules, (multi)sets of rules a ecting the maximal number of objects)

Search Based Software Engineering in Membrane Computing

This paper presents a testing approach for kernel P Systems (kP systems), based on test data generation for a given scenario. This method uses Genetic Algorithms to generate the input sets needed to trigger the given computation steps

Beyond Generalized Multiplicities: Register Machines over Groups

Register machines are a classic model of computing, often seen as a canonical example of a device manipulating natural numbers. In this paper, we de ne register machines operating on general groups instead. This generalization follows the research direction started in multiple previous works. We study the expressive power of register machines as a function of the underlying groups, as well as of allowed ingredients (zero test, partial blindness, forbidden regions). We put forward a fundamental connection between register machines and vector addition systems. Finally, we show how registers over free groups can be used to store and manipulate strings

Further Results on the Power of Generating APCol Systems

In this paper we continue our investigations in APCol systems (Automatonlike P colonies), variants of P colonies where the environment of the agents is given by a string and the functioning of the system resembles to the functioning of standard nite automaton. We rst deal with the concept of determinism in these systems and compare deterministic APCol systems with deterministic register machines. Then we focus on generating non-deterministic APCol systems with only one agent. We show that these systems are as powerful as 0-type grammars, i.e., generate any recursively enumerable language. If the APCol system is non-erasing, then any context-sensitive language can be generated by a non-deterministic APCol systems with only one agent