How Viruses Spread Among Computers and People

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15 Behavior

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11 Epigeny

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17 Memory

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Introduction

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基于免疫的计算机病毒动态检测模型

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Biological networks

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9 Phylogeny

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23 Language

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Computer algorithms

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16 Learning

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21 Consciousness

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4 Vision

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12 Representational Semiotics

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Community structure

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10 Ontogeny

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Copyright Page

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Author's Preface

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List of abbreviations

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Dedication

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Epigraph

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Foreword

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Preface

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Copyright Page

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BGIC: A novel Bi-dimensional Gravitational Influence Centrality method for finding key nodes in signed hypergraphs

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