What is Artificial Intelligence?

This graphical figure shows the optimal solution by the VACCINE-AIS algorithm (PhysOrg.com)

One of the most difficult and challenging aspect of the human's physiology is the immune system. It is very complicated because it involves millions of cells and antibodies fighting against foreign microorganisms that evade the immune system every single second.

At Oklahoma State University, two researchers have worked together to build an artificial immune system that mimics the way the human body acquires immunity against diseases through vaccination. The AIS makes use of an algorithm VACCINE-AIS that identifies the best optimal solution from a given number of anti-bodies and antigens (weak or malfunctioning cells).

The core concept of AIS is boosting the immune system by injecting a vaccine that will stimulate the antibodies to quickly learn and locate weak or malfunctioning cells called the antigens. This process of location is called the optimization problem, the antibodies are the decision points in the immune system and the antigens are the solutions that the immune system are looking for.

An AIS application - AIS create or exhange antibodies to detect spam emails

Originally the AIS project was designed for data mining, anomaly detection and the like, however other research fields have shown interest in the AIS to use it for medical imaging (fMRI), power stabilizer and fault estimation, routing misbehavior detection and email spam filtering applications.

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