Descriptive timed membrane Petri nets for performance modelling of parallel and distributed computing

Abstract

In order to capture the compartmentalization and the behaviour of membrane systems for performance modelling of parallel and distributed computing, we introduce the Descriptive Timed Membrane Petri Nets (DM-nets) that can modify, in run-time, their own structure by rewriting some of their descriptive expression components. Furthermore, this descriptive approach facilitates the understanding of complex models and their component-based construction as well as the application of modern computer engineering concepts.