Rare event simulation for t-cell activation

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 537-566

  Lipsmeier, Florian ^a   Baake, Ellen ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunobiology; Large deviations; Rare event simulation; Statistical recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349105891     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-008-9672-2     Document Type: Article

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