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Generalized P-systems

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We consider a variant of P-systems, a new model for computations using membrane structures and recently introduced by Gheorghe Păun. Using the membranes as a kind of filter for specific objects when transferring them into an inner compartment turns out to be a very powerful mechanism in combination with suitable rules to be applied within the membranes. The model of generalized P-systems, GP-systems for short, considered in this paper allows for the simulation of graph controlled grammars of arbitrary type based on productions working on single objects; for example, the general results we establish in this paper can immediately be applied to the graph controlled versions of context-free string grammars, n-dimensional #-context-free array grammars, and elementary graph grammars.

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  1. Institut für Computersprachen, Technische Universität Wien, Resselg. 3, A-1040, Wien, Austria

    Rudolf Freund

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science, “A.I.Cuza” University, 6600, Iaşi, Romania

    Gabriel Ciobanu

  2. Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, P.O. Box 1-764, 70700, Bucharest, Romania

    Gheorghe Păun

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Freund, R. (1999). Generalized P-systems. In: Ciobanu, G., Păun, G. (eds) Fundamentals of Computation Theory. FCT 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1684. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48321-7_23

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