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Published in final edited form as: Math Models Methods Appl Sci. 2017 Nov 24;28(1):61–93. doi: 10.1142/S0218202518500021

Algorithm 1.

Cell Apoptosis

Input: i, $A_{0}^{i}$ , τ_A
Result: Update of cellular apoptosis
if t > τ_A/2 then
	$A^{i} (t) \leftarrow A^{i} (t) - \frac{A_{0}^{i}}{τ_{A}}$ # decreasing cell area;
end if
if t = τ_A then
	Cell is removed from the simulation;
end if