Human Immune System Simulation: A Survey of Current Approaches

Human immune system simulation can serve several purposes. Medical researchers can use immune system simulation in drug research or to test hypotheses about the infection process. Distributed systems researchers can use immune algorithms to build robust, fault tolerant networks. Given the wide range of uses for immune simulation and the difficulty of the task, it is useful to know what research has been conducted in this area. This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive survey of the literature in this field