Autonomous distributed control in the immune system using diffuse feedback

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Title: Autonomous distributed control in the immune system using diffuse feedback
Author(s): Brownlee, Jason
Abstract: How does the immune system identify a pathogen and regulate the resources and severity of an immune response without a master controller, a guiding goal or a guiding global performance measure? A feedback and control theory called diffuse feedback (diffuse information network) proposed by Lee Segel is discussed which addresses this complex and multiplefaceted question. The result is a theory and set of principles that address the autonomous control of a distributed population of decision-making agents through diffuse information signals and spatial self-organization.
Publication type: Technical report
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Information Technology Research
Source: Complex Intelligent Systems : technical reports
Publication year: 2007
Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology
Language: English
Publisher URL: http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/personal/jbrownlee/#2007