Processes Based on Biochemical Interactions: Natural Computing Point of View⋆

In this paper we investigate the interactions between biochemical reactions from the natural computing point of view. Natural computing (see, e.g., [6, 7]) is concerned with human-designed computing inspired by nature and with computation taking place in nature (i.e., it investigates processes taking place in nature in terms of information processing). The former strand of research is quite well-established: some of the well-known examples are evolutionary computing, neural computing, cellular automata, swarm intelligence, molecular computing, quantum computing, artificial immune systems, and membrane computing. Examples of research themes from the latter strand of research are: computational nature of self-assembly, computational nature of developmental processes, computational nature of bacterial communication, computational nature of brain processes, computational nature of biochemical reactions, and system biology approach to bionetworks. A lot of research from this research strand underscores the fact that computer science is also the fundamental science of information processing, and as such a basic science for other scientific disciplines such as, e.g., biology.