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From P to MP Systems

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Membrane Computing (WMC 2009)

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Metabolic P systems (MP systems) represent metabolic processes in a discrete mathematical framework based on P systems. MP systems are presented, with a special emphasis to their roots and to their relationship with P systems, which provided the right conceptual framework for their development. A synthetic algebraic formulation of MP system is given, and the log-gain theory of MP systems is outlined, by discussing the research perspectives and the methodological aspects of this approach.

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Manca, V. (2010). From P to MP Systems. In: Păun, G., Pérez-Jiménez, M.J., Riscos-Núñez, A., Rozenberg, G., Salomaa, A. (eds) Membrane Computing. WMC 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5957. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11467-0_7

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