Para-antibodies: An immunological model for clonal expansion based on bacteriophages and plasmids

Mark Heydenrych, Elizabeth Marie Ehlers

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel method for modelling the growth of agents undergoing clonal expansion. Using the concept of plasmids, clonal agents are broken into components which can be judged independently of the agents themselves. These components can be redistributed by objects analogous to bacteriophages. Full algorithms for the model are given, and results of an implementation provided. The work presented in this paper has significant implications for the field of clonal expansion.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing - Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing, NaBIC 2015
EditorsNelishia Pillay, Václav Snášel, Azah Kamilah Muda, Ajith Abraham, Mathys C. du Plessis, Andries P. Engelbrecht
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages179-188
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783319273990
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event7th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing, NaBIC 2015 - Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Duration: 1 Dec 20153 Dec 2015

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume419
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Conference

Conference7th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing, NaBIC 2015
Country/TerritorySouth Africa
CityPietermaritzburg
Period1/12/153/12/15

Keywords

  • Clonal expansion
  • Horizontal gene Transfer
  • Immunological computation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • General Computer Science

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