Structure versus function: A topological perspective on immune networks

Natural Computing

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 603-624

  Hart, Emma ^a   Bersini, Hugues ^b   Santos, Francisco ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Artificial immune systems; Complex networks; Tolerance; Topology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL IMMUNE SYSTEM; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THEORY;

EID: 77955923245     PISSN: 15677818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11047-009-9138-8     Document Type: Review

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