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Formal Verification and Testing Based on P Systems

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Membrane Computing (WMC 2009)

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In this paper it is surveyed the set of formal verification methods and testing approaches used so far for applications based on P systems.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, The University of Sheffield, Regent Court, Portobello Street, Sheffield, S1 4DP, UK

    Marian Gheorghe & Ciprian Dragomir

  2. Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, The University of Piteşti, Str. Târgu din Vale 1, 110040, Piteşti

    Marian Gheorghe & Florentin Ipate

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

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  2. Research Group on Natural Computing, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

    Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez

  3. Research Group on Natural Computing, University of Sevilla, Spain

    Agustín Riscos-Núñez

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

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

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Gheorghe, M., Ipate, F., Dragomir, C. (2010). Formal Verification and Testing Based on P Systems. In: Păun, G., Pérez-Jiménez, M.J., Riscos-Núñez, A., Rozenberg, G., Salomaa, A. (eds) Membrane Computing. WMC 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5957. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11467-0_5

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