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Modeling the Dynamics of HIV Infection with Conformon-P Systems and Cellular Automata

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Membrane Computing (WMC 2007)

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Further results on the study of the dynamics of HIV infection with grids of conformon-P systems are reported. This study clearly shows a subdivision in two phases of the mechanism at the base of the considered dynamics.

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  1. School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK

    Pierluigi Frisco & David Wolfe Corne

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Frisco, P., Corne, D.W. (2007). Modeling the Dynamics of HIV Infection with Conformon-P Systems and Cellular Automata. In: Eleftherakis, G., Kefalas, P., Păun, G., Rozenberg, G., Salomaa, A. (eds) Membrane Computing. WMC 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4860. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77312-2_2

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