All necessary files are provided for reproducing the results presented in the paper: Sanchez-Karhunen, E., & Valencia-Cabrera, L. (2019). Modelling complex market interactions using PDP systems. Journal of Membrane Computing, 1(1), 40–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41965-019-00008-z
We propose a membrane computing solution based on population dynamics P systems for two versions of the classical producer-retailer problem. For the simpler model, the results described by Gh. Păun and R. Păun https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1738939 are reproduced. We proposed an enriched version of that problem, closer to reality, that takes into account several economic issues not considered in the initial model, including: depreciation of production capacity, decision mechanisms to increase manufacturing capability, dividends payment and costs associated to production factors.
The model has been simulated making use of the framework provided by [P-Lingua] http://www.p-lingua.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page and [MeCoSim] http://www.p-lingua.org/mecosim/ and it is delivered a custom application based on them to reproduce the virtual experiments.
- MeCoSim http://www.p-lingua.org/mecosim/
- Java 1.8 (included in Path) https://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.html
Load in MeCoSim the .xls (configuration file) and set the path for .pli (p-lingua file) and .ec2 (data model).
Extended results are presented in:
Sanchez-Karhunen, E., & Valencia-Cabrera, L. (2017). Membrane Computing Applications in Computational Economics. BWMC 2017: 15th Brainstorming Week on Membrane Computing, 189–214. https://idus.us.es/handle/11441/67905
- Congress Program: https://www.gcn.us.es/?q=15bwmc_program
- Presentation: https://www.gcn.us.es/files/15bwmc_eduardo.pdf
- MeCoSim documentation http://www.p-lingua.org/mecosim/doc/
- Research Group in Membrane Computing: http://www.gcn.us.es/