Stephanie Forrest has looked at Computation in the immune system using
a GA approach. Also check out the Theoretical Immunology volumes I &
II in the Santa Fe Institute Proceedings Series (ed. by Alan Perelson).
There is a review in vol III of the Lectures in the Sciences of
Complexity (ed. Dan Stein) by Perelson.
Be forewarned that immunology + neural networks has been anticipated by
Jerne's network theory (Jerne 1974 "Towards a network theory of the
immune system" Ann. Immunol. Inst. Pasteur 125 C 373-389). This has
been a contentious area and as far as I can tell it is still a favorite
among theory types but ignored by empiricists. This may mean that the
theory people find it a rich playground but the network structure
doesn't jump out at you (compare neural networks that are readily
visualized under a dissecting scope). Other authors to pursue are A.
Perelson, R. De Boer, and R. Anderson.
You may also want to look at:
| AUTHOR: Varela, Francisco J.; Coutinho, Antonio
| TITLE: Second generation immune networks.
|JOURNAL NAME: Immunology today.
| VOL, ISSUE: Volume 12, Number 5
| PAGES: 159
| PUB DATE: May
| YEAR: 1991
| TYPE: Literature
| ISSN: 0167-4919
| J ALT NAME: Immunology today (Reference edition)
for introductory material.
Jeremy Creighton Ahouse
Biology and Center for Complex Systems
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02254-9110
