Title
Simulating the immune system
Abstract
When a foreign substance (antigen) is introduced into our bodies, our immune system acts to eliminate that substance. This response is a complex process involving the collective and coordinated response of approximately 1012 cells, which is comparable to the number of synapses in the human brain. In an effort to fit detailed experimental observations into a comprehensive model of the immune system, computer simulations are just beginning to play a role. The approach that we describe uses a modified cellular automaton (or lattice gas). Although our automaton is much more complex than the automata usually considered by mathematicians and is not subject to analytical analysis by presently known methods, it has several advantages over traditional ODE models
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1109/5992.852392
Computing in Science and Engineering
Keywords
DocType
Volume
biology computing,cellular automata,differential equations,digital simulation,antigen,computer simulations,immune system simulation,lattice gas,modified cellular automaton,ordinary differential equations,computer simulation,cellular automaton,immune system
Journal
2
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
1521-9615
30
PageRank 
References 
Authors
3.91
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Steven H Kleinstein19516.45
Philip E. Seiden2303.91