Table 1.

A list of parameter values

NetLogo Two-Cell Model Parameters (38)	Range	Value
World parameters (2)
Height	1–Max	33 Patches
Width	1–Max	57 Patches
ECM parameters (6)
Distance between “binding sites”		1.0 Patches
Max length of a fiber		100 Turtles
Initial fiber max deviation		15°
Degree of cross linking		100%
Fiber density	0–Max a	40
Edge weight	0–100%	100% or 99.5%
Cell parameters (5)
Cell radius		2 Patches
Number of cells		2
“Membranes” per cell		30
Distance between cells	0–Max a	16 Patches
Cell weight	0–100%	90%
Rules (7)
Force generation by pulling
Initial proximity for “membranes” to bind fibers		1.0 Patches
Proximity condition 1		0.5 Patches
Proximity condition 2		1.3 Patches
Cell shape and directional migration
“Pseudopodia” max length		Not defined
Number of “membranes”:
That can exceed 2.5 times radius		0
That can exceed 1.5 times radius		1
That can exceed 1.1 times radius		8
Other
Iterations to reset “inactive membranes”		6
Links (18)	Spring constant	Resting length	Repulsion constant
“Membranes”
Between first neighbors	1.000	0.418	0.000
Between second neighbors	1.000	0.832	0.000
Between third neighbors	1.000	1.236	0.000
Other
Between the “nucleus” and a “membrane”	0.900	1.800	0.005
Between a “membrane” and a fiber	1.000	0.100	0.000
About pivot points on a fiber	0.500	0.977	0.060

^aMaximum value undefined.