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P Systems with Active Membranes Operating under Minimal Parallelism

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We prove that P systems with active membranes operating under minimal parallelism are able to solve NP-complete and PP-complete problems in linear time and exponential space when using different types of rules. We also prove that these systems can simulate register machines.

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  • Operational Mode
  • Conjunctive Normal Form
  • Active Membrane
  • Truth Assignment
  • Boolean Formula

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Frisco, P., Govan, G. (2012). P Systems with Active Membranes Operating under Minimal Parallelism. In: Gheorghe, M., Păun, G., Rozenberg, G., Salomaa, A., Verlan, S. (eds) Membrane Computing. CMC 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7184. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28024-5_12

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