Table 8.
Sensitivity of the terminal flow fractal dimension D to perturbations in the model active parameters ρm, ϕm, Cm, Fτmax (±25% of their reference), network output pressure Pout (±20 mmHg of its reference), and the target flow rate qtarget (±50% of its reference 0.4 × 10−3 mm3/s).
| Parameter | Perturbation | Fractal dimension D derived from | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dispersion analysis | Spatial autocorrelation. | ||
| Reference | 1.44 | 1.31 | |
| ρm | High | 1.53 | 1.29 |
| Low | 1.40 | 1.50 | |
| φm | High | 1.56 | 1.32 |
| Low | 1.45 | 1.35 | |
| Cm | High | 1.49 | 1.33 |
| Low | 1.48 | 1.21 | |
| Fmax | High | 1.25 | 1.65 |
| Low | 1.46 | 1.36 | |
| Pout | High | 1.50 | 1.39 |
| Low | 1.55 | 1.45 | |
| qtarget | High | 1.51 | 1.18 |
| Low | 1.56 | 1.43 | |