QUEUING MODELS OF POTENTIALLY LETHAL DAMAGE REPAIR IN IRRADIATED-CELLS

Some of the ideas arising in queueing theory are applied to describe t he repair mechanisms responsible for recovery of cells from potentiall y lethal radiation damage. Two alternative versions are presented of a queueing model of damage repair after a single dose of irradiation. T he first version represents a linear misrepair model, and the second i nvokes the idea of spontaneous lesion fixation. They are pieced togeth er in the third model, allowing for both mechanisms. The consistency o f the proposed models with published experimental data is tested.