Table 1.

Notation

	Pulse location model notation
	Set of pulse locations for a population of subjects
	Set of pulse locations for subject
	Parameters defining the population intensity function
	Set of cluster centers common to all subjects
	Expected number of pulses in cluster
	Variance of the pulse locations in cluster
	Rate of non-clustered pulse locations/hour
	Parameters defining the subject-level intensity function
	Expected number of pulses in cluster for subject ;
	Rate of non-clustered pulse locations for subject ;
	Hormone concentration model notation for subject
	Observed hormone concentration at time
	Pulsatile secretion function,
	Pulse mass and width for pulse
	Pulse location for pulse
	Number of pulses to time
	Mean pulse mass and width, respectively
	Variance–covariance matrix for the pulse mass and width
	Elimination function
	Half-life
	Baseline concentration,
	Number of knots in b-spline
	Set of knot locations
	Set of b-spline coefficients
	Model error
	Model error for log hormone concentration at time
	Model error variance