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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2019

Parallelisation strategies for agent based simulation of immune systems.

Mozhgan Kabiri Chimeh, Peter Heywood, Marzio Pennisi, Francesco Pappalardo, Paul Richmond

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Mozhgan Kabiri ChimehDepartment of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. m.kabiri-chimeh@sheffield.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2561-7926
Peter HeywoodDepartment of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Marzio PennisiDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Francesco PappalardoDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Paul RichmondDepartment of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

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EPSRC EP/N018869/1European Commission H2020-SC1-2017-CNECT-2, No. 777123
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Abstract

backgroundIn recent years, the study of immune response behaviour using bottom up approach, Agent Based Modeling (ABM), has attracted considerable efforts. The ABM approach is a very common technique in the biological domain due to high demand for a large scale analysis tools for the collection and interpretation of information to solve biological problems. Simulating massive multi-agent systems (i.e. simulations containing a large number of agents/entities) requires major computational effort which is only achievable through the use of parallel computing approaches.

resultsThis paper explores different approaches to parallelising the key component of biological and immune system models within an ABM model: pairwise interactions. The focus of this paper is on the performance and algorithmic design choices of cell interactions in continuous and discrete space where agents/entities are competing to interact with one another within a parallel environment.

conclusionsOur performance results demonstrate the applicability of these methods to a broader class of biological systems exhibiting typical cell to cell interactions. The advantage and disadvantage of each implementation is discussed showing each can be used as the basis for developing complete immune system models on parallel hardware.

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Computer SimulationImmune SystemModels, ImmunologicalAlgorithmsHumansSystems BiologyAgent based modelingCellular modellingComputational modellingFLAME GPUGPGPUHigh-performance computingParallel simulation

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