From Super-cells to Robotic Swarms: Two Decades of Evolution in the Simulation of P Systems

摘要

Membrane Computing provides machine-oriented models of computation,
\nwith types and variants including different elements inspired from living cells. Proven
\ncomputationally complete from their inception, they also showed their ability to solve
\ncomputationally hard problems. Thus, it is crucial accompanying the theoretical stud-
\nies with the practical materialization of these devices. While their real implementation
\npresents serious limitations, a more affordable goal is the simulation of these machines,
\nboth to aid in the understanding of the theoretical models, and to provide tools to solve
\nproblems in different areas (Biology, Economy, robot control, etc.) by P systems-based
\nmodels. Several works have analysed the history and state of the art of the simulation
\ntools for P systems, the last one in 2016. Therefore, instead of repeating this information,
\nwe decided to provide a brief summary, along with an interactive tool to visualize on-line
\nthe evolution of these simulators, intended to stay updated as new simulation tools keep
\nappearing on stage