As with any fast-emerging research front in computer science, the proliferation of theoretical
and practical results within Membrane computing since its appearance in 1998 was …

P system simulators are critical tools to enable them as formal modeling framework for real-
life applications. Such simulators abstract the concept of P systems in various ways …

P systems have been proven to be useful as modeling tools in many fields, such as Systems
Biology and Ecological Modeling. For such applications, the acceleration of P system …

This chapter discusses the key concepts in Membrane Computing, with some examples
illustrating their usage, the main theoretical developments, by pointing at some of the most …

Membrane computing is a computational paradigm inspired by the structure and behavior of
a living cell. P Systems are the computing devices that are used to realize membrane …

Numerical P Systems (NPS) is a variant of P systems using real-valued quantities. It was
shown that it can successfully be applied for different real-world problems, in particular in the …

Numerical P systems with thresholds (NPT systems) are a type of distributive and parallel
computing model in the framework of membrane computing, inspired by the mechanism of …

The habitat of the green-veined white butterfly Pieris oleracea in eastern North America has
undergone invasions by the exotic plant garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), which is replacing …

Non-determinism and large-scale parallelism are the two characteristics of biological and
ecological systems which are transmitted to bio-inspired computing models enlightened by …