Aspects of Molecular Computing Essays Dedicated to Tom Head, on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jonoska, Nataša (Editor), Păun, Gheorghe (Editor), Rozenberg, Grzegorz (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2950
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Computer science.; Mathematical logic.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; Computer Science, general.
• Physical Description: XII, 396 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540246350
• ISSN: 0302-9743 ;

Molecular computing is a rapidly growing subarea of natural computing. On the one hand, molecular computing is concerned with the use of bio-molecules for the purpose of actual computations while, on the other hand, it attempts to understand the computational nature of molecular processes going on in living cells. The book presents a unique and authorative state-of-the-art survey on current research in molecular computing: 30 papers by leading researchers in the area are drawn together on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Tom Head, a pioneer in molecular computing. Among the topics addressed are molecular tiling, DNA self-assembly, splicing systems, DNA-based cryptography, DNA word design, gene assembly, and membrane computing.