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HYBRID SIMULATION ALGORITHMS FOR AN AGENT-BASED MODEL OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE 

Authors: Johannes Textor a; Bjoumlrn Hansen a
Affiliation:   a Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, University of Luumlbeck, Luumlbeck, Germany
DOI: 10.1080/01969720902922384
Publication Frequency: 8 issues per year
Published in: journal Cybernetics and Systems, Volume 40, Issue 5 July 2009 , pages 390 - 417
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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.
Keywords: Celada-Seiden model; Cellular automata; Computational biology; Immune system
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