Stephanie Forrest

Genetic algorithms and the immune system

Email networks and the spread of computer viruses

Many computer viruses spread via electronic mail, making use of computer users' email address books as a source for email addresses of new victims. These address books form a di...

Searching for Diverse, Cooperative Populations with Genetic Algorithms

In typical applications, genetic algorithms (GAs) process populations of potential problem solutions to evolve a single population member that specifies an ‘optimized’ solution....

Using Genetic Algorithms to Explore Pattern Recognition in the Immune System

This paper describes an immune system model based on binary strings. The purpose of the model is to study the pattern-recognition processes and learning that take place at both ...