TY - JOUR
T1 - Rate-independent constructs for chemical computation
AU - Senum, Phillip
AU - Riedel, Marc
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This paper presents a collection of computational modules implemented with chemical reactions: an inverter, an incrementer, a decrementer, a copier, a comparator, a multiplier, an exponentiator, a raise-to-a-power operation, and a logarithm in base two. Unlike previous schemes for chemical computation, this method produces designs that are dependent only on coarse rate categories for the reactions ("fast" vs. "slow"). Given such categories, the computation is exact and independent of the specific reaction rates. The designs are validated through stochastic simulations of the chemical kinetics.
AB - This paper presents a collection of computational modules implemented with chemical reactions: an inverter, an incrementer, a decrementer, a copier, a comparator, a multiplier, an exponentiator, a raise-to-a-power operation, and a logarithm in base two. Unlike previous schemes for chemical computation, this method produces designs that are dependent only on coarse rate categories for the reactions ("fast" vs. "slow"). Given such categories, the computation is exact and independent of the specific reaction rates. The designs are validated through stochastic simulations of the chemical kinetics.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0021414
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0021414
M3 - Article
C2 - 21738654
AN - SCOPUS:79959686807
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 6
JO - PloS one
JF - PloS one
IS - 6
M1 - e21414
ER -