Table 3. Relation matrix of the significant cycle which depicts binary relations between the states.

Each entry of the matrix represents whether a delay ‘a’ would be greater than, equal to, or less than a delay ‘b.’ The matrix is read as d_row ∼ d_column where ∼ ∈ { ≤ , < , > , ≥ , = }.

Relation matrix
	$\left|d_{\mathrm{Mdm2}}^{-}\right|$	$\left|d_{\mathrm{p53}}^{-}\right|$	$d_{\mathrm{Mdm2}}^{+}$	$d_{\mathrm{p53}}^{+}$
$\left|d_{\mathrm{Mdm2}}^{-}\right|$	=	= ≥ , ≤	= ≥ , ≤	= ≥
$\left|d_{\mathrm{p53}}^{-}\right|$	–	=	≥	≥, ≤
$d_{\mathrm{Mdm2}}^{+}$	–	–	=	>, <
$d_{\mathrm{p53}}^{+}$	–	–	–	=