Analysis of Active Response in the Immune System with Computer Network Considerations

摘要

Response of the immune system to invading alien proteins is considered as an example of a highly successful defense mechanism of a complex system against an, effectively, information attack. Specific components of this mechanism are described and subjected to mathematical modeling. The entire mechanism is viewed as a closed-loop, nonlinear, negative feedback circuit. Generic conditions resulting in two distinctive outcomes of such an attack, lethality and full recovery are established. The control law, inevitably resulting in the full recovery outcome is described. A chronology of a recent information attack on the international computer network community is presented, and the resemblance between the particular stages of the attacks on the computer network and the immune system is emphasized. It is concluded that the control law established for the immune defenses could be fruitful in application to computer defenses.