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Symmetries on Asymmetric Wars: Generalists (HIVs) Versus Specialists (T-cells)

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Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (KES 2007)

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Antigenic diversity threshold theory by Nowak and May proposes there will be a threshold of diversity for HIV strains in a population dynamics with asymmetric interaction between specialist (T-cells) and generalists (HIVs). This paper revisits the threshold condition from a symmetric point of view. We consider how stability condition for HIVs will be altered when the asymmetry of specialists/generalists is relaxed (made symmetrical). Diversity measure is also considered from a symmetric point of view involving a distance between parameters characterizing strains.

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Bruno Apolloni Robert J. Howlett Lakhmi Jain

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Ishida, Y. (2007). Symmetries on Asymmetric Wars: Generalists (HIVs) Versus Specialists (T-cells). In: Apolloni, B., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L. (eds) Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems. KES 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4694. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74829-8_104

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