A framework for communication intensive autonomous agents inspired from the immune system is presented in this text. With the rapid increase of computational power and networking technology similarity between computer and biological systems may now practically work. The framework presented fills the need to guide the implementation of such a "biological" system. The focus is on the field of diagnosis and control. Several sample applications and simulations are presented.

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This book presents a framework for communication intensive autonomous agents inspired from the immune system. With the rapid increase of computational power and networking technology similarity between computer and biological systems may now practically work. The framework presented fills the need to guide the implementation of such a "biological" system. It is described in detail focusing on the field of diagnosis and control. Several sample applications and simulations are presented.

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1 Introduction.- 2 Toward a Systems Science for Biological Systems.- 3 The Immune System as an Information System.- 4 Defining Immunity-Based Systems.- 5 A Self-Organizing Network Based on the Concept of the Immune Network.- 6 Sensor Networks Using the Self-Organizing Network.- 7 A Multiagent Framework Learned from the Immune System.- 8 An Application of the Immune Algorithm with an Agent Framework.- 9 Information Flow, Biological Field, and Autonomous Distributed Systems.- 10 The Immune System as a Self-Defining Process.- 11 Conclusions.- References.