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. 2013 Oct 28;8(10):e76756. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076756

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The NK cell is sketched as a red-orange circle: the brightness of the red color codes for increasing simulation time. Panel A: is the deviation angle sampled to implement for the Worm Like Chain model for the diffusion of the NK cell in the tissue. Monte Carlo algorithm for the cell-cell interactions: definition of the displacement parameter, Δd, used for the Metropolis test for the interaction onset. The symbols in panels B and C are: , and . Panel B reports an example of the interaction_start test. The root mean square displacement is . Depicted are two cases corresponding to and . In the first case Eq. 17 is satisfied even if , in the second case Eq. 17 is satisfied only if . Panel C reports an example of the interaction_stop test. In this case when Eq.18 is satisfied even if while when Eq.18 is satisfied only if .

Inline graphic — The NK cell is sketched as a red-orange circle: the brightness of the red color codes for increasing simulation time. Panel A: is the deviation angle sampled to implement for the Worm Like Chain model for the diffusion of the NK cell in the tissue. Monte Carlo algorithm for the cell-cell interactions: definition of the displacement parameter, Δd, used for the Metropolis test for the interaction onset. The symbols in panels B and C are: , and . Panel B reports an example of the interaction_start test. The root mean square displacement is . Depicted are two cases corresponding to and . In the first case Eq. 17 is satisfied even if , in the second case Eq. 17 is satisfied only if . Panel C reports an example of the interaction_stop test. In this case when Eq.18 is satisfied even if while when Eq.18 is satisfied only if .