HYBRID SIMULATION ALGORITHMS FOR AN AGENT-BASED MODEL OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
Authors:
Johannes Textor a;
Bj
rn Hansen a
rn Hansen a
| Affiliation: | a Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, University of L beck, L beck, Germany |
DOI:
10.1080/01969720902922384
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Cybernetics;
Human Computer Intelligence;
Information & Communication Technology (ICT);
Machine Learning - Design;
Robotics;
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Abstract
The immune system is of central interest for the life sciences, but its high complexity makes it a challenging system to study. Computational models of the immune system can help to improve our understanding of its fundamental principles. In this article, we analyze and extend the Celada-Seiden model, a simple and elegant agent-based model of the entire immune response, which, however, lacks biophysically sound simulation methodology. We extend the stochastic model to a stochastic-deterministic hybrid, and link the deterministic version to continuous physical and chemical laws. This gives precise meaning to all simulation processes, and helps to increase performance. To demonstrate an application for the model, we implement and study two different hypotheses about T cell-mediated immune memory.
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| Keywords: Celada-Seiden model; Cellular automata; Computational biology; Immune system |
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