Table 1.

Average relative error (ARE) in model fitting to cell counts simulated in Scenario 1.

Model	Parameter range	ARE(%) of time to division of gen. 0	ARE(%) of time to division of gen. ≥1	ARE(%) of time to death of gen. 0	ARE(%) of time to death of gen. ≥1
Branching Process (2.9)	±5%	7.73	4.26	0.56	21.9
	±10%	9.06	5.58	0.69	27.6
	±20%	7.76	6.93	0.67	39.7
	±30%	7.66	7.71	0.59	49.8
	±50%	7.52	18.2	1.03	84.6
	overall	7.95	8.53	0.71	44.7
Branching Process (2.10)	±5%	8.20	18.6	24.4	131
	±10%	7.75	23.0	24.6	101
	±20%	9.42	34.9	24.1	195
	±30%	12.1	30.3	23.4	194
	±50%	22.7	64.1	21.3	206
	overall	12.3	34.2	23.5	166
Cyton	±5%	6.24	26.4	29.0	59.2
	±10%	8.59	26.2	25.5	64.9
	±20%	12.9	29.7	19.9	79.8
	±30%	19.5	27.6	19.0	80.0
	±50%	24.2	42.2	27.1	103
	overall	14.3	30.4	24.1	77.4
Simple ODE	±5%	527	406	1.92 × 1010	5.65 × 1011
	±10%	556	427	1.00 × 1010	3.76 × 1011
	±20%	629	485	2.44 × 1010	5.62 × 1011
	±30%	694	474	2.07 × 1010	2.40 × 1011
	±50%	899	640	5.27 × 1010	1.03 × 1012
	overall	661	486	2.54 × 1010	9.86 × 1011
Smith-Martin	±5%	321	155	1.68 × 1016	4.82 × 1015
	±10%	297	168	1.30 × 1016	1.38 × 1015
	±20%	315	178	5.52 × 1016	1.04 × 1015
	±30%	352	171	1.37 × 1016	2.25 × 1015
	±50%	406	227	7.34 × 1016	7.22 × 1015
	overall	338	180	3.44 × 1016	3.34 × 1015