Table 1.

Summary of the parameters used to describe the model of haematopoiesis and cyclic neutropenia

Parameter	Description
ε	Self‐renewal probability of haematopoietic cells
r	Ratio of cell division rates in adjacent compartments
rj	The rate of replication of cells in compartment j
Nj	The number of cells in compartment j
µj	The rate of net loss of cells from compartment j to j + 1
λj−1	The rate of cell gain from compartment j ‐ 1 to j
a	Factor by which compartment j – 1 increases input to compartment j in response to a decrease in Nj
vj	Frequency of the oscillations as a function of the compartment where they arise
Ωj	Summary variable that is a function of r, ε and j