Table 1. Overview of parameters and variables with their respective numeric values.
| Parameters | Description | Value(s) |
|---|---|---|
| SDEV | Chronological age at maturity | 19 |
| κ | Maximum increase of biological age | 1000 |
| ω | Maintenance efficiency | -4 |
| β | Half-saturation value for maintenance | 10 |
| μb | Basal mortality | 0.005 |
| μd | Biological age dependent mortality | 0.005 |
| States | ||
| S | Development time | 0–20 |
| D | Biological age | 0–1999 |
| E | Resource acquisition value a | 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9 |
| Other variables | ||
| U | Resource allocated to maintenance | 0–0.9 |
| R | Resource allocated to reproduction | 0–0.9 |
| D0 | Biological age at birth | 0–1000 |
| M | Mortality per time step b | 0 –∞ |
| Q | Strategic value of allocation to maintenance or reproduction | 0–1 |
a acquisition takes five discrete values in the current model, but this can be adjusted based on user preferences
b although theoretically biological age is unlimited in practice it is limited in this model by 1999 (see Eq 4).