A statistical mechanics approach to autopoietic immune networks

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2010, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Barra, Adriano ^a   Agliari, Elena ^b,c,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disordered systems (theory); Molecular networks (theory)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957079098     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2010/07/P07004     Document Type: Article

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