P and dP Automata: A Survey

  • Gheorghe Păun
  • Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 6570)

Abstract

This is a quick survey of basic notions and results related to P automata (P systems with symport/antiport rules working in the accepting mode), with some emphasis on the recently introduced dP automata (a distributed version of the standard P automata), ending with some open problems and research topics which we find of interest in this area.

Keywords

Communication Complexity Regular Language Communication Step Balance Distribution Communication Rule 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Gheorghe Păun
    • 1
    • 2
  • Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez
    • 2
  1. 1.Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian AcademyBucureştiRomania
  2. 2.Department of Computer Science and Artificial IntelligenceUniversity of SevillaSevillaSpain

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