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The paper presents a parallel implementation of the membrane systems. We implement the simplest variant of P systems, which however defines the essential features of the membrane systems, and acts as a framework for other variants of P systems with advanced functionalities. The mechanisms used in this implementation could be easily adapted to other versions of P systems with minor changes. The implementation is designed for a cluster of computers; it is written in C++ and it makes use of Message Passing Interface as its communication mechanism.
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Ciobanu, G., Wenyuan, G. (2004). P Systems Running on a Cluster of Computers. In: Martín-Vide, C., Mauri, G., Păun, G., Rozenberg, G., Salomaa, A. (eds) Membrane Computing. WMC 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2933. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24619-0_9
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