<?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%">Marian Gheorghe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gheorghe Paun</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Natalio Krasnogor</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Steven Gustafson</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">David A. Pelta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">José L. Verdegay</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Computing by self-assembly: DNA molecules, polyominoes, cells</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Systems Self-Assembly: Multidisciplinary Snapshots</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></section><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elsevier</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amsterdam</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">49-78</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">978-0-444-52865-0</style></isbn><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Self-assembly is a process that creates complex heirarchical structures through the statistical exploration of alternative configurations. These processes occur without external intervention. Self-Assembly processes are ubiquitous in nature. Understanding how nature produces self-assembled systems will represent an enormous leap forward in our technological capabilities. Robustness and versatility are some of the most important properties of self-assembling natural systems. Although systems where self-assembly occurs, or which are created by a self-assembling process, are remarkably vaired, some common principles are starting to be discerned. The unifying thread throughout the book is the &quot;Computational Nature of Self-Assembling Systems.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>