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On Testing P Systems

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Membrane Computing (WMC 2008)

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This paper presents a basic framework to define testing strategies for some classes of P systems. Techniques based on grammars and finite state machines are developed and some testing criteria are identified and illustrated through simple examples.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, The University of Sheffield, Regent Court, Portobello Street, Sheffield, S1 4DP, UK

    Marian Gheorghe

  2. Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, The University of Piteşti, Str Targu din Vale 1, 110040, Piteşti, Romania

    Florentin Ipate

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  1. School of Mathematical and Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 8AS, Edinburgh, UK

    David Wolfe Corne

  2. School of Mathematical and Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS, Edinburgh, UK

    Pierluigi Frisco

  3. Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, PO Box 1-764, 014700, Bucharest, Romania

    Gheorghe Păun

  4. Leiden Center of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333 CA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Grzegorz Rozenberg

  5. Turku Centre for Computer Science (TUCS), Leminkäisenkatu 14, 20520, Turku, Finland

    Arto Salomaa

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Gheorghe, M., Ipate, F. (2009). On Testing P Systems. In: Corne, D.W., Frisco, P., Păun, G., Rozenberg, G., Salomaa, A. (eds) Membrane Computing. WMC 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5391. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-95885-7_15

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