An Artificial Immune System
An Artificial Immune System (AIS) is a class of computationally intelligent, rule-based machine learning systems inspired by the principles and processes of the vertebrate immune system. It’s a sub-field of biologically inspired computing and natural computation, with interests in machine learning and belonging to the broader field of artificial intelligence.
Areas of application
- medical diagnostics
- biomedical engineering
- computational biology
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
Example
An example of an Artificial Immune System is an algorithm that can learn to recognize and classify different types of cancer cells based on their unique molecular signatures, just like how the vertebrate immune system identifies and neutralizes pathogens. This AIS could be used in medical diagnostics to help doctors diagnose and treat cancer more effectively.