A Domain-Specific Language for Programming in the Tile Assembly Model

We introduce a domain-specific language (DSL) for creating sets of tile types for simulations bstract Tile Assembly Model. The language defines objects known as tile templates, which represent related groups of tiles, and a small number of basic operations on tile templates that help to eliminate the error-prone drudgery of enumerating such tile types manually or with low-level constructs of general-purpose programming languages. The language is implemented as a class library in Python (a so-called internal DSL), but is presented independently of Python or object-oriented programming, with emphasis on support for a visual editing tool for creating large sets of complex tile types.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: DNA
• Authors: David Doty, Matthew J. Patitz
• Keywords: Bioinformatics, DNA 2009, Tile Assembly Model, Tile Templates, Tile Types