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From Kinetic Theory for Active Particles to Modelling Immune Competition

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  1. Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées, University Cadi Ayyad, Safi, Maroc

    Abdelghani Bellouquid

  2. Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Marcello Delitala

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Bellouquid, A., Delitala, M. (2008). From Kinetic Theory for Active Particles to Modelling Immune Competition. In: Selected Topics in Cancer Modeling. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4713-1_2

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