A rationalized set of default postulates that permit a coherent description of the immune system amenable to computer modeling

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-380

  Cohn, M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA MINING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MATHEMATICS; POSTULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; THEORY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL;

EID: 51349153460     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2008.02158.x     Document Type: Review

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