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Immune systems protect animals from pathogens, so why not apply a similar model to protect computers? Several researchers have investigated the use of an artificial immune system to protect computers from viruses and others have looked at using such a system to detect unauthorized computer intrusions. This paper describes the use of an artificial immune system for another kind of protection: protection from unsolicited email, or spam.
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Oda, T., White, T. (2003). Developing an Immunity to Spam. In: Cantú-Paz, E., et al. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation — GECCO 2003. GECCO 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2723. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45105-6_28
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