Immunogrid: Towards agent-based simulations of the human immune system at a natural scale

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1920, 2010, Pages 2799-2815

  Halling Brown, Mark ^a   Pappalardo, Francesco ^b   Rapin, Nicolas ^c   Zhang, Ping ^d   Alemani, Davide ^e   Emerson, Andrew ^f   Castiglione, Filippo ^g   Duroux, Patrice ^h   Pennisi, Marzio ^b   Miotto, Olivo ⁱ   Churchill, Daniel ^j   Rossi, Elda ^f   Moss, David S ^a   Sansom, Clare E ^a   Bernaschi, Massimo ^g   Lefranc, Marie Paule ^h   Brunak, Søren ^c   Lund, Ole ^c   Motta, Santo ^b   Lollini, Pier Luigi ^k   Murgo, Annalisa ^k   Palladini, Arianna ^k   Basford, Kaye E ^e   Brusic, Vladimir ^e,l   Shepherd, Adrian J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f CINECA   (Italy)

^g CNR   (Italy)

^h INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^l DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Grid computing; Immunoinformatics; Systems biology; Vaccine discovery

Indexed keywords

GRID COMPUTING; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; DISEASE PREVENTION; FUNCTIONAL MODEL; GRID INFRASTRUCTURES; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEMS; IMMUNE SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED MODELS; PERSONALIZED HEALTHCARE; SCALE MODELS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; VIRTUAL PHYSIOLOGICAL HUMAN;

IMMUNOLOGY;

PROTEOME;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERNET;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERNET; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PROTEOME; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77953494820     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0067     Document Type: Article

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