AGENT-BASED MODELLING FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

 

Books and Papers on ABM

ABM Modelling Examples in Systems Biology

Software for developing Agent-Based Models

 

 

ABM Modelling Examples in Systems Biology and Biomedicine

 

The Use of Organisational Metaphors

Bosse, T., Jonker, C. M. and Treur, J. 2005. Modelling the dynamics of intracellular processes as an organisation of multiple agents. In First International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems for Medicine, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. AAMAS '05.

Cannata, N., Corradini, F., Merelli, E., Omicini, A. and Ricci, A. 2005. An Agent-oriented conceptual framework for systems biology. Transactions on Computational Systems Biology 3, 105-122.

Parisey, N., Beurton-Aimar, M., Lales, C., Strandh, R. and Mazat, J. P. 2005. Towards modelling the q cycle by multi-agent systems. In ECAL 2005.

Formalisms for ABM in Systems Biology

Christley, S. and Madey, G. 2006. Abstract Process Model for Systems Biology. Proceedings of the 2006 Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium, Huntsville, AL.

Coakley, S., Smallwood, S. and Halcombe, M. 2006. Using X-Machines as a Formal Basis for Describing Agents in Agent-Based Modelling. Proceedings of the 2006 Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium, Huntsville, AL.

Walker, D. C., Hill, G., Wood, S. M., Smallwood, R. H. and Southgate, J. 2004. Agent-based computational modelling of epithelial cell monolayers: predicting the effect of exogenous calcium concentrations on the rate of wound closure. IEEE Transactions Nanobioscience 3, 153-163.

Example applications of ABM in biology and biomedicine

Biological signalling

Ausk, B.J, Gross, T.S., Srinivasan, S. An Agent Based Model for Real-Time Signaling Induced in Osteocytic Networks by Mechanical Stimuli, J Biomechanics (2005) .

Walker, DC, Southgate, J, Hill, G, Halcombe, M., Hose, D. R., Wood, S. M., Mac Neil, S. and Smallwood, R. H. The epitheliome: agent-based modelling of the social behaviour of cells. Biosystems 76 (1-3): 89-100 (2004).

Bacterial systems

Paton, R, Gregory, R, Vlachos, C, Saunders, J. and Wu, H. Evolvable social agents for bacterial systems modelling. IEEE Transactions in Nanobiosci . 3 (3): 208-216 (2004).

Immunology

Melby, N. J. Comparative relative strength artificial immune systems: System wellness. In Proceedings of the IEEE Southeastcon. 2004: 368-371 (2005).

Gammack, D, Ganguli, S, Marino, S, Segovia-Juarez, J. and Kirschner, D. E. Understanding the immune response in tuberculosis using different mathematical models and biological scales. Multiscale Model Sim. 3 (2): 312-345 (2005).

Robbins, M. J. and Garrett, S. M. 2005. Evaluating theories of immunological memory using large-scale simulations. In ICARIS 2005, LNCS 3627, 193-206.

Tay, J. C. and Jhavar, A. 2005. A complex adaptive framework for immune system simulation. ACM Symposium of Applied Computing, 158-164.

Tumour growth

Athale, C. A and Deisboeck, TS. The effects of EGF-receptor density on multiscale tumor growth patterns. J. Theor. Biol. 238 (4): 771-779 (2006).

Athale, C, Mansury, Y, Deisboeck, TS. Simulating the impact of a molecular 'decision-process' on cellular phenotype and multicellular patterns in brain tumors. J. Theor. Biol. 233 (4): 469-481 (2005)

Mansury, Y and Deisboeck, TS. Simulating the time series of a selected gene expression profile in an agent-based tumor model. Physica D 196 (1-2): 193-204 (2004).

Mansury, Y and Deisboeck, TS. Simulating 'structure-function' patterns of malignant brain tumors. Physica A 331 (1-2): 219-232 (2004).

Mansury, Y, Kimura, M, Lobo, J, and Deisboeck, T. S. Emerging patterns in tumor systems: Simulating the dynamics of multicellular clusters with an agent-based spatial agglomeration model. J. Theor. Biol. 219 (3): 343-370 (2002).

Stem cells

d'Inverno, M and Prophet, J. Multidisciplinary investigation into adult stem cell behaviour. Lect. Notes Comput. Sc. 3737 : 49-64 (2005).

Environment-climate

Bharwani, S, Bithell, M, Downing, TE, New, M., Washington, R. and Ziervogel, G. Multi-agent modelling of climate outlooks and food security on a community garden scheme in Limpopo, South Africa. Philos. T. Roy. Soc. B 360 (1463): 2183-2194 NOV 29 (2005).

Zaima, K. Effects of structural and behavioral strategies toward the environmentally conscious society: agent-based approach. Agent Based Soc. Syst. 1 : 233-246 (2005)

Vlachos, C, Gregory, R, Paton, R. C, Saunders, J. R. and Wu, Q. H. Individual-based modelling of bacterial ecologies and evolution. Comp. Funct. Genom. 5 (1): 100-104 (2004).

Biogeochemistry

Cabaniss, SE, Madey, G, Leff, L, Maurice, P. A., and Wetzel, R. A stochastic model for the synthesis and degradation of natural organic matter. Part I. Data structures and reaction kinetics. Biogeochemistry 76 (2): 319-347 (2005).

Physiology

An G. In-silico experiments of existing and hypothetical cytokine-directed clinical trials using agent based modeling. Crit. Care. Med. 32 (10): 2050-2060 (2004).

An G, Lee I. Agent-Based Computer simulation (ABCS) and the inflammatory response: Building a tool to study Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS). Simulation and Gaming 32 (3): 344-361 (2001).

Muller, G, Grebaut, P, Gouteux, JP. An agent-based model of sleeping sickness: simulation trials of a forest focus in southern Cameroon. C. R. Biol . 327 (1): 1-11 (2004).

Environmental toxicology

Topping, CJ, Odderskaer, P. Modeling the influence of temporal and spatial factors on the assessment of impacts of pesticides on skylarks. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 23 (2): 509-520 (2004).

Epidemics and bioweapons

Chen, LC, Carley, KM, Fridsma, D, Kaminsky, B. and Yahja, A. Model alignment of anthrax attack simulations. Decis. Support Syst. 41 (3): 654-668 (2006).

Carley, KM, Fridsma, DB, Casman, E, Yahja, A., Altman, N., Chen, LC., Kaminsky, B. and Nave, D. BioWar: Scalable agent-based model of bioattacks. IEEE T. Syst. Man. Cy. A. 36 (2): 252-265 (2006).

Eidelson, BM, Lustick, I. VIR-POX: An agent-based analysis of smallpox preparedness and response policy. J. Artif. Soc. S. 7 (3) (2004).

 

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