DESCRIBING CRYPTOBIOSIS AS A TIME BASED PROTECTION SYSTEM USING PETRI NETS

Bengt Carlsson, K. Ingemar Jönsson, Keith Clark

2008

Abstract

Cryptobiosis represents the state of a living organism when it shows no visible signs of metabolic life, but maintains a capacity to return to an active, metabolic state. This peculiar state, although known from a wide variety of organisms, has received little attention from a theoretically biological perspective. A description based on a Petri net setting and a time based security model is proposed. In order to protect against a prolonged exposure time, the pathways for chemical reactions involved must fulfil their actions during a limited detection and response time to fulfil the protected state of entering/leaving cryptobiosis.

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Carlsson B., Ingemar Jönsson K. and Clark K. (2008). DESCRIBING CRYPTOBIOSIS AS A TIME BASED PROTECTION SYSTEM USING PETRI NETS . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-18-0, pages 281-285. DOI: 10.5220/0001068002810285


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@conference{biosignals08,
author={Bengt Carlsson and K. Ingemar Jönsson and Keith Clark},
title={DESCRIBING CRYPTOBIOSIS AS A TIME BASED PROTECTION SYSTEM USING PETRI NETS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={281-285},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001068002810285},
isbn={978-989-8111-18-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2008)
TI - DESCRIBING CRYPTOBIOSIS AS A TIME BASED PROTECTION SYSTEM USING PETRI NETS
SN - 978-989-8111-18-0
AU - Carlsson B.
AU - Ingemar Jönsson K.
AU - Clark K.
PY - 2008
SP - 281
EP - 285
DO - 10.5220/0001068002810285