Michael's Design Study
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In terms of a simple immune system three types of white blood cells exist; Dendrite Cell, Lymphocytes and Eosinophil. | In terms of a simple immune system three types of white blood cells exist; Dendrite Cell, Lymphocytes and Eosinophil. | ||
− | * '''Dendrites''' can spawn | + | * '''Dendrites''' can spawn Lymphocytes or Eosinophil (50/50 chance) cells into neighboring Red Blood Cells. |
− | * '''Lymphocytes''' can kill viruses (and restore Red Blood Cells). | + | * '''Lymphocytes''' can kill neighboring viruses (and restore Red Blood Cells). |
* '''Eosinophil''' cannot be infected. But does nothing more. | * '''Eosinophil''' cannot be infected. But does nothing more. | ||
Revision as of 23:32, 29 July 2010
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Virus! A project for 427
Virus! simulates the spread of a virus across a plane of red blood cells, with a mix of some white blood cells to combat the infection.
Project Outline
My Design Study is to implement a simple virus simulator and to improve the design of the application through Design Patterns and OOD principles. Virus! is a very simple animated simulator of a Virus Cell infecting a host through the red blood cells. This simulator is loosely based on real world biology but is grossly simplified for purposes of the study. This is a project for COSC427 and does not work alongside any other course, unfortunately.
Virus! Cells
Cell Rules
- Red Blood cells can be Infected
- Virus' can only infect neighboring red cells
- Virus' cannot infect White blood cells
In terms of a simple immune system three types of white blood cells exist; Dendrite Cell, Lymphocytes and Eosinophil.
- Dendrites can spawn Lymphocytes or Eosinophil (50/50 chance) cells into neighboring Red Blood Cells.
- Lymphocytes can kill neighboring viruses (and restore Red Blood Cells).
- Eosinophil cannot be infected. But does nothing more.
For some basic references see White Blood Cell
Initial Design
This is a basic overview of the simulator. It shows a basic spread of red blood cells and a variety of white blood cells.
Soon diagram will live here, yes.