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Table 3 Parameter values used in all simulations

From: Generation of multicellular spatiotemporal models of population dynamics from ordinary differential equations, with applications in viral infection

Parameter

Value

Reference / justification

Simulation step ∆t

5 min./step

Selected for approx. 14 days of sim. time in 4 k sim. steps

Lattice site width

2 μm/site

Selected according to cell diameter

Volume multiplier λv

9

[17]

Volume constraint vc

25 sites

Selected according to typical epithelial size and lattice site width

Intrinsic random motility \( {\mathcal{H}}^{\ast } \)

10

[27]

Global scaling coefficient η

1.6 × 10−4

Calculated from Eq. 12 according to model specifications

Local scaling coefficient θ

4 × 10−9 site−1

Calculated from Eq. 17 according to model specification