In-silico Simulation of the Immune System: Modeling Mast Cell Behavior
Abstract
Among the possibilities for simulating the immune system, the multi-agent systems approach has proved attractive, since only the behavior of the types of agents is specified. The global behavior emerges from the interactions among agents. This feature is similar to the behavior of the immune system, consisting of large amounts of cell types that interact to maintain the body health. The simulation of the immune system requires modeling various types of cells and substances. This paper presents the modeling of a software agent that simulates the behavior of the mast cells. Some simulations were performed to validate the model.
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