Research Article

Receding Horizon Control of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Using Nonlinear Programming

Table 1

The applied parameters of the models in this study [4345].

Notation Value Unit Description

110 mg/dL Basal glucose level
1.5 mU/L Basal insulin level
0.028 1/min Transfer rate
0.025 1/min Transfer rate
0.00013 L/(mU min) Transfer rate
0.23 1/min Time constant for insulin disappearance
75 kg Body weight
0.12 L Distribution volume of insulin
0.16 L Distribution volume of glucose
180.1558 g/mol Molecular weight of glucose
0.8 - Glucose utilization
18.018 mmol/L Conversion rate between mmol/L and mg/dL
40 min Carbohydrate (CHO) to glucose absorption constant
55 min Insulin absorption constant