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In this paper, a P systems based general framework for modeling ecosystems dynamics is presented. Particularly, ecosystems are specified by means of multienvironment P systems composed of a finite number of environments, each of them having an extended P system with active membranes. The semantics is of a probabilistic type and it is implemented by assigning each rule of the system a probabilistic constant which depends on the environment and the run time. As a case study, two real ecosystems are described: scavenger birds in the Catalan Pyrenees and the zebra mussel (Dreissena Polymorpha) in Ribarroja reservoir (Spain).
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The fifth and the sixth author acknowledges the support of the project TIN2009-13192 of the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of Spain, cofinanced by FEDER funds as well as the support of the Project of Excellence with Investigador de Reconocida Valía of the Junta de Andalucía, grant P08-TIC-04200.
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Cardona, M., Colomer, M.A., Margalida, A. et al. A computational modeling for real ecosystems based on P systems. Nat Comput 10, 39–53 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-010-9191-3
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