@article {2177, title = {From distribution to replication in cooperative systems with active membranes: A frontier of the efficiency}, journal = {Theoretical Computer Science}, volume = {736}, year = {2018}, pages = {15-24}, doi = {10.1016/j.tcs.2017.12.012}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2017.12.012}, author = {Luis Valencia-Cabrera and David Orellana-Mart{\'\i}n and Miguel A. Mart{\'\i}nez-del-Amor and Agust{\'\i}n Riscos-N{\'u}{\~n}ez and Mario J. P{\'e}rez-Jim{\'e}nez} }