Unit:
Κατεύθυνση ΒιοπληροφορικήLibrary of the School of Science
Author:
Tzaferis Christos
Supervisors info:
Ελπίδα Τζαφέστα, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Μεθοδολογίας, Ιστορίας και Θεωρίας της Επιστήμης (Μ.Ι.Θ.Ε.), Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Original Title:
Μελέτη σχέσης κυτταρικής επικοινωνίας και ανοσίας
Translated title:
Study on the relation between cellular communication and immunity
Summary:
In the context of this thesis, cellular simulation models are developed, in order to study biological phenomena such as cellular communication (through exchange of chemical substances between cells), the occurrence of immunity inside a system that contains immune cells, the emergence of an immunological response and its behavior against various disease agents such as toxic substances, intracellular parasites and extracellular parasites. In addition, the emergence of more complex system behaviors is studied, like immunological memory and an autoimmune response. The creation of all the models was based on the principles of Agent Based Model design and the programming language that was used for the implementation of the models was JAVA.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
simulation, agent based model (ABM), cellular system, immune system, immunity
