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Competitive Spiking Neural P Systems With Rules on Synapses.
IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience
|January 25, 2018
Summary
This study introduces competitive spiking neural P systems with synapse rules (CSNP-RS systems), modeling resource competition for spikes. These systems are proven to be Turing universal for computation.
Area of Science:
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Computational Neuroscience
- Biologically Inspired Computing
Background:
- Spiking neural P systems (SNP-RS) are computational models inspired by biological neurons.
- Existing SNP-RS systems lack mechanisms for resource competition among rules on synapses.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose and analyze a novel extension of SNP-RS systems incorporating a competitive strategy for spike resources.
- To investigate the computational power of these new competitive SNP-RS (CSNP-RS) systems.
Main Methods:
- Introduction of CSNP-RS systems where spikes act as competitive resources.
- Definition of a new strategy where consumed spikes must be at least the generated amount.
- Non-deterministic rule selection based on rule enablement and neuron spike count.
Main Results:
- CSNP-RS systems exhibit a competitive resource allocation mechanism for spikes.
- The computational universality of CSNP-RS systems is formally proven.
- Demonstration of CSNP-RS systems as Turing universal number generating/accepting and function computing devices.
Conclusions:
- CSNP-RS systems provide a novel computational framework with competitive resource dynamics.
- The Turing universality establishes CSNP-RS systems as powerful computational models.
- This work extends the theoretical understanding of spiking neural P systems and their computational capabilities.
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