PUPS/P3 is an implementation of an organic computing

Organic computing

Organic computing is a form of biologically-inspired computing with organic properties. It has emerged recently as a challenging vision for future information processing systems...

 environment for Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

 which provides support for the implementation of low level persistent software agents.

PUPS/P3 is a cluster computing environment derived from the MSPS operating environment implemented on the BBC Microcomputer.

It requires the Linux kernel

Linux kernel

The Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software....

 source code

Source code

In computer science, source code is text written using the format and syntax of the programming language that it is being written in. Such a language is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source...

 to build. The PUPS P3 environment has
been used in the infrastructure of a number of scientific computing projects include the DAISY

Daisy

-Names:* Asteraceae or Compositae, known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family* 'Common Daisy'** Bellis perennis or** Leucanthemum vulgare* Daisy , a feminine given name, commonly thought to be derived from the name of the flower-Places:...

 automated species identification

Automated species identification

Automated species identification is a method of making the expertise of taxonomists available to ecologists, parataxonomists and others via computers, PDA's and other digital technology.- Introduction :...

 system and a number of computational neuroscience

Computational neuroscience

Computational neuroscience is the study of brain function in terms of the information processing properties of the structures that make up the nervous system...

projects.

External links

• http://www.tumblingdice.co.uk/pupsp3/ PUPS/P3 site at Tumbling Dice