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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800192103321

Autore

Castiglione Filippo <1969, >

Titolo

Immune system modelling and simulation / / Filippo Castiglione, Institute for Applied Mathematics, National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy and Franco Celada, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-429-16951-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Disciplina

616.07/90285

616.0790285

Soggetti

Immunoinformatics

Immunology - Computer simulation

Research

Computer simulation

Digital computer simulation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Science Publishers Book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1: Immunology for Aliens; 2: Aliens for Immunology; 3: C-ImmSim Unveiled; 4: Benchmarks, aka Qualitative Model Validation; 5: Specific Applications; 6: One Last Word; 7: Bibliography; Colour Plate Section

Sommario/riassunto

Immunology for aliensLeo Szilard paradox: Grand Central TerminalNon-specific defenseLevels of evolution How is a trait selected if it was not needed?Luck or foresight?Blood brothers The members of the winning team are rewarded Somatic recombination produces diversity among equals The workshop of the adaptive response Repertoires A battalion of one Self-inflicted damage threatens survival Don't think, but reason and understandFull cover comes at a cost A bet, not a fantasy, about earliest happeningsThe cooperation of very different cells multiplies jobs that can be done Thymus deeds Hypothesis