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. 2024 Dec 14;15(5):1750–1769. doi: 10.1007/s13235-024-00609-z

Table 2.

Four notions of equilibria utilized in this paper

Ecological equilibrium The populations of sensitive and resistant cancer cells are not changing (x˙S=0 and x˙R=0) given the current resistance level uR and the current treatment dose m.
Eco-evolutionary equilibrium The cancer cells are at the ecological equilibrium, and the resistance level of the resistant cells is not changing (u˙R=0).
(static) Nash equilibrium The cancer cells are at an eco-evolutionary equilibrium while the treatment dose is at the best response to the current resistance level.
Stackelberg equilibrium Cancer cells are at an eco-evolutionary equilibrium, and the physician maximizes the objective function knowing the evolutionary response of cancer cells.