Timed P Automata

  • Authors:
  • Roberto Barbuti;Andrea Maggiolo-Schettini;Paolo Milazzo;Luca Tesei

  • Affiliations:
  • Dipartimento di Informatica - University of Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa - Italy;Dipartimento di Informatica - University of Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa - Italy;Dipartimento di Informatica - University of Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa - Italy;Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica - University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri 9, 62032 Camerino (MC) - Italy

  • Venue:
  • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

To study systems whose dynamics changes with time, an extension of timed P systems is introduced in which evolution rules may vary with time. The proposed model is a timed automaton with a discrete time domain and in which each state is a timed P system. A result on expressive power and on features of the formalism sufficient for full expressiveness is proved and, as an application example, the model of an ecological system is given.