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Structural Operational Semantics of P Systems

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Membrane Computing (WMC 2005)

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The paper formally describes an operational semantics of P systems. We present an abstract syntax of P systems, then the notion of configurations, and we define the sets of inference rules corresponding to the three stages of an evolution step: maximal parallel rewriting, parallel communication, and parallel dissolving. Several results assuring the correctness of each set of inference rules are also presented. Finally, we define simulation and bisimulation relations between P systems.

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science, “A.I.Cuza” University of Iaşi, Str. General Berthelot 16, Iaşi, Romania

    Oana Andrei & Dorel Lucanu

  2. Institute of Computer Science, Romanian Academy, Blvd. Carol I nr.8, 700505, Iaşi, Romania

    Gabriel Ciobanu

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  1. Faculty of Informatics, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstr. 9, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Rudolf Freund

  2. Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, PO Box 1-764, 014700, Bucureşti, Romania

    Gheorghe Păun

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

    Grzegorz Rozenberg

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

    Arto Salomaa

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Andrei, O., Ciobanu, G., Lucanu, D. (2006). Structural Operational Semantics of P Systems. In: Freund, R., Păun, G., Rozenberg, G., Salomaa, A. (eds) Membrane Computing. WMC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3850. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11603047_2

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