Simulating active membrane systems using GPUs

TitleSimulating active membrane systems using GPUs
Publication TypeConference Contributions
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsMartínez-del-Amor, M. A., Pérez-Hurtado I., Pérez-Jiménez M. J., Cecilia J. M., Guerrero G. D., & García J. M.
EditorsPaun, G., Pérez-Jiménez M. J., & Riscos-Núñez A.
Conference Name10th Workshop on Membrane Computing
PublisherMarpapublicidad
Place PublishedCurtea de Arges, Rumania
Pages369-384
Date Published24-27/08/2009
Abstract

Software development for cellular computing is growing up yielding new applications.
In this paper, we describe a simulator for the class of recognizer P systems
with active membranes, which exploits the massively parallel nature of P systems computations
by using GPUs (Graphics Processing Units). The newest generation of GPUs
provide a massively parallel framework to compute general purpose computations. We
present GPUs as an alternative to obtain better performance in the simulation of P
systems and we illustrate it by giving a solution to the N-Queens problem as an example.

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