Deoxyribonucleic Acid Based Computers

This text is based on the proceedings of a conference held at Princeton University as part of the DIMACS Special Year on Mathematical Support for Molecular Biology. The subject of the conference was DNA based computing. DNA based computing is the study of using DNA strands as individual computers.

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This volume presents the proceedings of a conference held at Princeton University in April 1995 as part of the DIMACS Special Year on Mathematical Support for Molecular Biology. The subject of the conference was the new area of DNA based computing. DNA based computing is the study of using DNA strands as individual computers. The concept was initiated by Leonard Adleman's paper in Science in November 1994. This book is intended for applied mathematicians, computer scientists, and applied scientists.