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Using Membrane Computing for Effective Homology

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Effective Homology is an algebraic-topological method based on the computational concept of chain homotopy equivalence on a cell complex. Using this algebraic data structure, Effective Homology gives answers to some important computability problems in Algebraic Topology. In a discrete context, Effective Homology can be seen as a combinatorial layer given by a forest graph structure spanning every cell of the complex. In this paper, by taking as input a pixel-based 2D binary object, we present a logarithmic-time uniform solution for describing a chain homotopy operator \(\phi \) for its adjacency graph. This solution is based on Membrane Computing techniques applied to the spanning forest problem and it can be easily extended to higher dimensions.

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  2. The objects from \(\varGamma - \mathcal E \) placed in the environment along the computation are not explicitely showed in the configuration since they are not relevant in this approach.

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DDP and MAGN acknowledge the support of the projects TIN2008-04487-E and TIN-2009-13192 of the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of Spain and the support of the Project of Excellence with Investigador de Reconocida Valía of the Junta de Andalucía, grant P08-TIC-04200. PR and HAC acknowledge the support of the project MTM2006-03722 of the Ministerio español de Educación y Ciencia and the project PO6-TIC-02268 of Excellence of Junta de Andalucía.

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  1. Research Group on Computational Topology and Applied Mathematics, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

    Daniel Díaz-Pernil & Pedro Real

  2. Karunya University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

    Hepzibah A. Christinal

  3. Research Group on Natural Computing, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

    Miguel A. Gutiérrez-Naranjo

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Díaz-Pernil, D., Christinal, H.A., Gutiérrez-Naranjo, M.A. et al. Using Membrane Computing for Effective Homology. AAECC 23, 233–249 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00200-012-0176-6

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Keywords

  • Tissue-like P systems
  • Membrane Computing
  • Effective Homology
  • Computational Algebraic Topology
  • Digital Topology