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Graphical Modeling of Higher Plants Using P Systems

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L systems have been widely used to model and graphically represent the growth of higher plants [20]. In this paper we continue developing the framework introduced in [21], which make use of the topology of membrane structures to model the morphology of branching structures.

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    Alvaro Romero-Jiménez, Miguel A. Gutiérrez-Naranjo & Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez

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Romero-Jiménez, A., Gutiérrez-Naranjo, M.A., Pérez-Jiménez, M.J. (2006). Graphical Modeling of Higher Plants Using P Systems. In: Hoogeboom, H.J., Păun, G., Rozenberg, G., Salomaa, A. (eds) Membrane Computing. WMC 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4361. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11963516_31

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