<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>13</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gheorghe Paun</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spiking neural P systems with astrocyte-like control</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Universal Computer Science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Astrocyte</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Membrane computing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Neural computing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spiking neural P system</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11/2007</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.jucs.org/jucs_13_11/spiking_neural_p_systems</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%"> Graz University of Technology and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak </style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1707-1721</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spiking neural P systems are computing models inspired from the way the neurons communicate by means of spikes, electrical impulses of identical shapes. In this note we consider a further important ingredient related to brain functioning, the astrocyte cells which fed neurons with nutrients, implicitly controlling their functioning. Specifically, we introduce in our models only one feature of astrocytes, formulated as a control of spikes traffic along axons. A normal form is proved (for systems without forgetting rules) and decidability issues are discussed. </style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></issue></record></records></xml>