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A qualitative model of the HIV vital cycle

Carmelina RuggieroS. GaglioMauro Giacomini

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Action (philosophy)Management scienceMechanism (biology)fungiImmunologyHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)medicinePhysical systemfood and beveragesBiologymedicine.disease_causeCellular biophysics

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Qualitative modelling is a recent artificial intelligence approach to physical system modelling. This approach has been successfully applied in several fields. On the basis of an analysis and qualitative modelling of cell growth, we reckon that a qualitative model of the vital cycle of HIV can be proposed, including the phases in which HIV can be attacked. The actions of antiviral drugs can also be qualitatively modelled, provided their action mechanism is known, even only in a broad sense.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1992-10-01
10.1109/iembs.1992.5761305http://hdl.handle.net/11567/383107