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Unstable P Systems: Applications to Linguistics

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Membrane Computing (WMC 2004)

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The paper explores the possibility of predicting the evolution of P systems by means of features like stability and internal relationship between membranes. The idea of general rules governing the evolution of the system is developed. The result can be applied to societies and language contact, especially to sociolinguistics. In this respect, the paper opens a new line of mathematical treatment for sociolinguistics.

This research has been supported by Marie Curie Fellowship of the European Community programme Human Potential (IHP) under contract number HPMF-CT-2002-01582.

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  1. Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics, Rovira i Virgili University, Pl. Imperial Tàrraco, 1, 43005, Tarragona, Spain

    Gemma Bel Enguix

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Milan-Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126, Milan, Italy

    Gemma Bel Enguix

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  1. Complex Systems and Artificial Intelligence Research Center, University of Milan–Bicocca, Italy

    Giancarlo Mauri

  2. Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, PO Box 1-764, 014700, BucureÅŸti, Romania

    Gheorghe Păun

  3. Research Group on Natural Computing, Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Seville, Avda. Reina Mercedes, 41012, Sevilla, Spain

    Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez

  4. Leiden Center of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333, Leiden, CA, The Netherlands

    Grzegorz Rozenberg

  5. Turku Centre for Computer Science (TUCS), Leminkäisenkatu 14, 20520, Turku, Finland

    Arto Salomaa

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Enguix, G.B. (2005). Unstable P Systems: Applications to Linguistics. In: Mauri, G., Păun, G., Pérez-Jiménez, M.J., Rozenberg, G., Salomaa, A. (eds) Membrane Computing. WMC 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3365. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31837-8_11

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