Implementation on CUDA of the Smoothing Problem with Tissue-Like P Systems

TitleImplementation on CUDA of the Smoothing Problem with Tissue-Like P Systems
Publication TypeJournal Papers
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsPeña-Cantillana, F., Díaz-Pernil D., Christinal H. A., & Gutiérrez-Naranjo M. A.
Journal TitleInternational Journal of Natural Computing Research
PublisherIGI Global
Place PublishedHershey, Pennsylvania (USA)
Volume2
Pages25-34
Abstract

Smoothing is often used in Digital Imagery for improving the quality of an image by reducing its level of noise. This paper presents a parallel implementation of an algorithm for smoothing 2D images in the framework of Membrane Computing. The chosen formal framework has been tissue-like P systems. The algorithm has been implemented by using a novel device architecture called CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) which allows the parallel NVIDIA Graphics Processors Units (GPUs) to solve many complex computational problems. Some examples are presented and compared; research lines for the future are also discussed.

URLhttp://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=58064
Issue3
ISSN Number1947-928X
DOI10.4018/jncr.2011070103