| rows |
# rows (rows) |
| columns |
# columns (columns) |
| time steps |
# time iterations used for the simulation (timesteps) |
| starting pressure |
initial pressure used to calculate the initial activities (initialpressure) |
| minimum pressure |
minimum pressure within the uterus (minpressure) |
| maximum burst duration |
maximum # time iterations for each burst (timeburst) |
| refractory duration |
maximum # time iterations of the refractory period (timerefractory) |
| Action potential multiplier |
factor that increases act(i,j) during an action potential (burstmultiplier) |
| refractory multiplier |
multiplier used when tissue is in refractory period (refractorymultiplier) |
| weibullvar1 |
shape of the Weibull distribution for anatomy sensitivity (anatomysens) |
| weibullvar2 |
scope of the Weibull distribution for anatomy sensitivity |
| weibullvar3 |
start of the Weibull distribution for anatomy sensitivity |
| weibullvar4 |
shape of the Weibull distribution for action potential threshold (burstthreshold) |
| weibullvar5 |
scope of the Weibull distribution for action potential threshold |
| weibullvar6 |
start of the Weibull distribution for action potential threshold |
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Calculation/output variables
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| pressure |
intrauterine pressure at each time step |
| act(i,j) |
contractile activity of the i,j region at a given time |
| activity(i,j,t) |
the tensor of act(i,j), remembers all act(i,j) at all times |
| anatomysens(i,j) |
sensitivity of the i,j region because of physical shape |
| anatomysenstensor(i,j,t) |
the tensor that holds anatomysens(i,j) |
| burstthreshold(i,j) |
action potential threshold for the i,j region |
| burst(i,j) |
applies burstmultiplier if above threshold |
| refractoryfactor(i,j) |
applies refractorymultiplier if in refractory period |
| refractory(i,j,t) |
the tensor that holds refractoryfactor(i,j) |
| pressurevector(t) |
the vector that remembers the pressure at all times |
