%0 Generic %D 2011 %T P and dP automata: A survey %A Gheorghe Paun %A Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez %E Cristian Calude %E Grzegorz Rozenberg %E Arto Salomaa %C Amsterdam, The Netherlands %I Springer %P 102-115 %R 10.1007/978-3-642-19391-0 %U http://www.springerlink.com/content/1x4w1580260x4833/ %V 6570 %X This is a quick survey of basic notions and results related to P automata (P systems with symport/antiport rules working in the accepting mode), with some emphasis on the recently introduced dP automata (a distributed version of the standard P automata), ending with some open problems and research topics which we find of interest in this area. %8 04/2011 %@ 978-3-642-19390-3