Distributed autonomous systems are collections of interacting agents that function without a "leader." Biological examples of such systems would include metabolism, the immune system, and ant colonies. Other examples are found in robotics and artificial intelligence. This book takes a theoretical approach to the analysis of the immune system. It includes chapters by several of the world's leading immunologists, and comparative chapters on other models of distributed autonomous systems (such as Bert Holldobler on ant ...
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Distributed autonomous systems are collections of interacting agents that function without a "leader." Biological examples of such systems would include metabolism, the immune system, and ant colonies. Other examples are found in robotics and artificial intelligence. This book takes a theoretical approach to the analysis of the immune system. It includes chapters by several of the world's leading immunologists, and comparative chapters on other models of distributed autonomous systems (such as Bert Holldobler on ant signalling, and Doug Hofstadter and Melanie Mitchell on software codelets). The book presents a different perspective on immunology, with a prominent enough author line-up to attract the attention of the immunological community, and should also appeal to a wide range of workers in various fields concerned with "bootstrapping," or complex systems that function without central or "top-down" control.
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