iNet: an extensible framework for simulating immune network

The natural immune system is a subject of great research interests because it provides powerful and exible information processing capabilities as a complex adaptive system. This paper describes our extensible framework named iNet for building arti cial immune systems, particularly arti cial immune networks, which has been used in our several projects developing biologically-inspired intelligent applications. We describe the iNet architecture, design principles and features, highlighting its versatility and component reusability. We also describe an autonomous decentralized network application built with iNet as a sample use case for showing how to use it.