%0 Generic %D 2006 %T Available membrane computing software %A Miguel A. Gutiérrez-Naranjo %A Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez %A Agustín Riscos-Núñez %E Gabriel Ciobanu %E Gheorghe Paun %E Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez %I Springer-Verlag %P 411-436 %S Natural Computing Series %U http://www.cs.us.es/~marper/investigacion/vaps-2.pdf %X The simulation of a P system with current computers is a quite complex task. P systems are intrinsically non deterministic computational devices and therefore their computation trees are difficult to store and handle with one-processor (or bounded number of processors) computers. Nevertheless, there exists a first generation of simulators which can be successfully used for pedagogical purposes and also as assistant tools for researchers. This paper summarizes one of these simulators, presenting the state-of-the-art of the available software for simulating (different variants of) cell-like P systems. %@ 978-3-540-25017-3 %> http://www.gcn.us.es/files/vaps-2.pdf