title: Parallel computation of simple arithmetic using peptide-antibody interactions.
abstract: We propose a theoretical model for representing and manipulating binary numbers using peptide-antibody interactions. In particular, we present models to solve simple binary arithmetical problems like addition and subtraction. As the interactions can take place in parallel we show that the number of steps is independent of the size (bits) of the numbers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai 600036, India. sakthi@cs.iitm.ernet.in
authors.forename: M Sakthi
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Balan
authors.forename: Kamala
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krithivasan
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000906:Antibodies / Q000737:chemistry*; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D039301:Computers, Molecular; D003205:Computing Methodologies; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D010455:Peptides