Title
A novel multi-epitopic immune network model hybridized with neural theory and fuzzy concept.
Abstract
The natural immune system provides an effective defense mechanism against foreign substances via complex interactions among various cells and molecules. Jerne introduced the immune network theory to model the relation between immune cells and molecules. The immune system like the neural system is able to learn from experience. In this paper, a multi-epitopic immune network model is proposed. The proposed model is hybridized with Learning Vector Quantization (LVQ) and fuzzy set theory to present a new supervised learning method. The new method is called Hybrid Fuzzy Neuro-Immune Network based on Multi-Epitope approach (HFNINME). To evaluate the performance of the proposed method several experiments on benchmark classification problems are carried out and the results are compared with two prominent immune-based classifiers as well as several versions of the LVQ algorithm. The results of the experiments reveal that the proposed method yields a parsimonious classifier that can classify data more accurately and more efficiently.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1016/j.neunet.2009.06.041
Neural Networks
Keywords
Field
DocType
Immune network theory,Multi-epitope approach,Learning vector quantization,Fuzzy set,Artificial immune system
Fuzzy concept,Immune network theory,Artificial immune system,Computer science,Learning vector quantization,Fuzzy logic,Fuzzy set,Supervised learning,Artificial intelligence,Artificial neural network,Machine learning
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
22
5
0893-6080
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.41
9
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hamid Izadinia116411.16
Fereshteh Sadeghi21005.65
Mohammad Mehdi Ebadzadeh337227.36