Objective The objectives of the proposal are the following. First, it is aimed to develop mathematical models to describe, by means of evolution equations of kinetic type, the development of tumours and the interaction/competition between tumour and the immune system. Second, we aim to investigate the qualitative analysis of the mathematical models derived. This includes the development of algorithms for the numerical simulation of the competition between tumour and immune cells. The modelling part of the proposal should be performed by methods from non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. The qualitative analysis uses tools form kinetic theory and non-linear functional analysis. This proposal involves highly sophisticated mathematical methods and will hopefully provide a useful support to biological experiments. Fields of science medical and health sciencesbasic medicineimmunologynatural sciencesphysical sciencesclassical mechanicsstatistical mechanicsnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsmathematical analysisfunctional analysisnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsmathematical analysisdifferential equationspartial differential equationsnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model Keywords Kinetic theory Modelling Qualitative analysis Tumour dynamics Programme(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) MOBILITY-2.1 - Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (EIF) Call for proposal FP6-2002-MOBILITY-5 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme EIF - Marie Curie actions-Intra-European Fellowships Coordinator POLITECNICO DI TORINO Address Corso duca degli abruzzi 24 Torino Italy See on map EU contribution € 0,00
