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A Membrane Computing Model of Photosynthesis

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Applications of Membrane Computing

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A model of light reactions taking place in photosynthesis is constructed using a variant of P systems. Behaviors of the model under various combinations of parameters are tested on a computer. Computer simulations show that the model explains in a good way many phenomena of photosynthesis, including photoinhibition mechanisms. A dynamical system using differential equations for photosynthesis is compared with the P system model. The comparison makes it clear that P systems are much better tools for dealing with biological phenomena than models based on differential equations.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University Kosugi-machi, Toyama, 939-0398, Japan

    Taishin Yasunobu Nishida

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  1. Institute of Computer Science of the Romanian Academy, Blvd. Copou 8, 700506, IaÅŸi, Romania

    Gabriel Ciobanu

  2. Research Group on Natural Computing Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Seville, Avda. Reina Mercedes s/n, 41012, Seville, Spain

    Gheorghe Păun  & Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez  & 

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Nishida, T.Y. (2006). A Membrane Computing Model of Photosynthesis. In: Ciobanu, G., Păun, G., Pérez-Jiménez, M.J. (eds) Applications of Membrane Computing. Natural Computing Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29937-8_6

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