Research Article
Dynamic Analysis of a Tumor-Immune System under Allee Effect
Table 1
The definitions and corresponding value of variables in models (
2) and (
19).
| Parameter | Definition | Value | Source |
| | Constant source of effector cells | 0.33 | [21, 23] | | Maximum effector cells recruitment rate by tumor cells | 0.01 | [20, 21] | | Steepness coefficient of the effector cells recruitment | 0.3 | [20, 22] | | Effector cells inactivation rate by tumor cells | 1.0 | [23, 24] | | Death rate of effector cells | 0.2 | [20, 29] | | Normal cells’ growth rate | 1.0 | [20, 25] | | Tumor growth rate | 1.5 | [26, 27] | | Reciprocal of tumor carrying capacity | 1.0 | [20, 28] | | Reciprocal of normal cells’ carrying capacity | 1.0 | [20, 28] | | Fractional normal cells killed by tumor cells | 1.0 | [23, 24] | | Fractional tumor cells killed by effector cells | 0.5 | [23, 24] | | Inactivation rate of tumor cells owing competition with normal cells | 1.0 | [20, 23] | | Threshold value of Allee effect | | |
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