Membrane Computing: An Introduction
Membrane Computing: An Introduction
Applications of Membrane Computing (Natural Computing Series)
Applications of Membrane Computing (Natural Computing Series)
Computing with Cells: Advances in Membrane Computing
Computing with Cells: Advances in Membrane Computing
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This is not a balance sheet of the domain, although twelve years is a good time for a research area to have an overall assessment, a comparison of initial dreams with the achievements, an overview of main results, an estimation of research directions for the near future. This would be too an ambitious task, although an useful exercise, so I am postponing it. What I want however to mention is that the initial aims were rather restricted, confined to computing theory, not imaging, for instance, that this area can become a framework for modeling, mainly of biological processes, but also for other areas. "There is nothing more practical than a good theory" one often says. Membrane computing proved to be practical; whether or not this means that it provides a good theory, let us assess it after twelve more years.