Design Principles for the Immune System and Other Distributed Autonomous Systems pdf

李赛格尔 是主要在伦斯勒理工学院和魏茨曼科学研究所工作的应用数学家。他以在对流、粘菌和趋化性中自发出现秩序的工作而闻名。 Lee Segel 于 1932 年出生在马萨诸塞州的牛顿市，父亲是美术老师 Minna Segel 和奥本海姆-Segel 裁缝店的合伙人 Louis Segel。 Louis Segel 是一位知识分子，从他的房子里可以看出，例如，科尔维茨和贝克曼的版画以及莎士比亚和 Co. 版的《尤利西斯》，这些都是 1930 年代在欧洲购买的。父母双方都是立陶宛裔犹太人，他们的家庭在 19 世纪末移民到波士顿。 Segel 后来大量词汇的种子可以部分地被视为源于他父亲的阅读（并采取行动）声称预科学校的主要影响在于其毕业生的词汇量。西格尔 1953 年毕业于哈佛大学，主修数学。考虑到他可能想进入全新的计算机领域，他开始在麻省理工学院攻读研究生，在那里他专注于应用数学。 1959 年，他在她的家乡伦敦与律师和远房表亲露丝·加林斯基 (Ruth Galinski) 结婚，他们在那里度过了婚后生活的头两年。后来生了 4 个孩子（Joel '61、Susan '62、Daniel '64 和 Michael '66），后来又生了 18 个孙子。 1973 年，全家搬到了以色列的雷霍沃特。 他于 2005 年去世。

Design Principles for the Immune System and Other Distributed Autonomous Systems pdf 李赛格尔

Design Principles for the Immune System and Other Distributed Autonomous Systems is the first book to examine the inner workings of such a variety of distributed autonomous systems--from insect colonies to high level computer programs to the immune system. It offers insight into the fascinating world of these systems that emerge from the interactions of seemingly autonomous components and brings us up-to-date on the state of research in these areas. Using the immune system and certain aspects of its functions as a primary model, this book examines many of the most interesting and troubling questions posed by complex systems. How do systems choose the right set of agents to perform appropriate actions with appropriate intensities at appropriate times? How in the immune system, ant colonies and metabolic networks does the diffusion and binding of a large variety of chemicals to their receptors permit coordination of system action? What advantages drive the various systems to complexity, and by what mechanisms do the systems cope with the tendency toward unwieldiness and randomness of large complex systems?