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The article presents an adaptation of the Deterministic Dendritic Cell Algorithm (dDCA) for continuous optimization problems. The algorithm, inspired by the immune system's Danger Theory, uses a signal accumulation mechanism to automatically balance exploration and exploitation within the search space.

The human immune system is one of the most effective adaptive systems created by nature. Of particular interest among its components are dendritic cells — specialized cells of the innate immune system. They patrol tissues, accumulate signals from the environment, and make decisions about the nature of the objects they detect. This ability to integrate diverse information formed the basis of the Dendritic Cell Algorithm (DCA), proposed by Greensmith and colleagues in 2005.

The theoretical foundation of DCA is Danger Theory, formulated by P. Matzinger in 1994. Unlike the classic “self/non-self” paradigm, this theory posits that the immune system responds not to whether an object is foreign, but to danger signals from damaged cells. This explains tolerance toward beneficial gut bacteria (foreign but safe) and autoimmune reactions (self but dangerous).

The deterministic version of the algorithm (dDCA), developed by J. Greensmith and U. Aickelin in 2008, eliminated the stochastic elements of the original algorithm, ensuring reproducibility of the results.


Author: Andrey Dik

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