A Bioinspired Computing Approach to Model Complex Systems

The use of models is intrinsic to any scientific activity. In particular, formal/mathematical models provide a relevant tool for scientific investigation. This paper presents a new Membrane Computing based computational paradigm as a framework for modelling processes and real- life phenomena. P systems, devices in Membrane Computing, are not used as a computing paradigm, but rather as a formalism for describing the behaviour of the system to be modelled. They offer an approach to the development of models for biological systems that meets the requirements of a good modelling framework: relevance, understandability, extensibility and computability.