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The basic operation captured by this analytical model given in (16.1) and (16.2)

can be outlined as follows:

■ When a pathogen enters the body, since antigen concentration increases, g

i

increases. This results in an increase in the antibody secretion of B cell i and

s

i

increases.

■ If B cell i starts to be mostly suppressed by its neighbors, the effect of

suppressing neighbors





N

k=1

m

ki

s

k

(t)



increases and s

i

decreases.

■ If B cell i starts to be mostly stimulated by its neighbors and antigens, the

effect of stimulating neighbors





N

j=1

m

ij

s

j

(t)



increases and s

i

increases.

■ If the natural extinction of antibody i (k

i

) increases, s

i

decreases.

As will be explained in Section 16.3.2, we adopt this model given in (16.1) ...