<?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%">A quick overview of membrane computing with details about spiking neural P systems</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Frontiers of Computer Science in China</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">chomsky hierarchy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Computational biology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Membrane computing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Natural computing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">P system</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spiking neural P system</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Turing computability</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%">02/2007</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/content/t245j621t6k47g20/</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Higher Education Press, co-published with Springer-Verlag GmbH</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">37-49</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">We briefly present the basic elements of membrane computing, a branch of natural computing inspired by the structure and functioning of living cells, then we give some details about spiking neural P systems, a class of membrane systems recently introduced, with motivations related to the way neurons communicate by means of spikes. In both cases, of general P systems and of spiking neural P systems, we introduce the fundamental concepts, give a few examples, then recall the types of results and of applications. A series of bibliographical references are provided. </style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue></record></records></xml>