Spiking Neural P Systems with Astrocyte-Like Control
Gheorghe Pǎun
Abstract
Abstract: Spiking neural P systems are computing models inspired from the way the neurons communicate by means of spikes, electrical impulses of identical shapes. In this note we consider a further important ingredient related to brain functioning, the astrocyte cells which fed neurons with nutrients, implicitly controlling their functioning. Specifically, we introduce in our models only one feature of astrocytes, formulated as a control of spikes traffic along axons. A normal form is proved (for systems without forgetting rules) and decidability issues are discussed.
Topics & Concepts
Computer scienceForgettingAstrocyteArtificial neural networkNeuroscienceFeature (linguistics)Control (management)DecidabilityNeural systemArtificial intelligenceTheoretical computer scienceBiologyCognitive psychologyCentral nervous systemPsychologyPhilosophyLinguisticsDNA and Biological ComputingModular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques