Table 2.

Axiomatic description of the set of rules of the ABM

Rule	Variable	Function
$p_{\mathrm{division}}=p_{\mathrm{apoptosis}}={\alpha }_1,$	SMC	SMC equilibrium in basic solution
$p_{\mathrm{degradation}}=p_{\mathrm{production}}={\alpha }_2,$	ECM	ECM balance in basic solution
$A(t)=exp-\frac{t-T}{\delta T};T={\alpha }_3,\delta T={\alpha }_4$	All	Factor all probability laws by macrophage activity
T and $\delta T$	Macrophage	time of maximum macrophage activity and relaxation time
$p_{\mathrm{division}}^I={\alpha }_{1}A(t)\left(1,+,{\alpha }_5,\frac{G(\mathrm{\Delta }\tau )}{\overline{\tau }}\right)$	SMC	Probability of SMC division in intima
$p_{\mathrm{apoptosis}}^I={\alpha }_{1}A(t)$	SMC	Probability of SMC apoptosis in intima
$p_{\mathrm{production}}^I={\alpha }_{2}A(t)\left(1,+,{\alpha }_6,\frac{\mathrm{\Delta }\sigma }{\overline{\sigma }}\right)$	ECM	Probability of ECM production in media
$p_{\mathrm{degradation}}^I={\alpha }_{2}A(t)$	ECM	Probability of ECM degradation in media
$p_{\mathrm{migration}}={\alpha }_{7}A(t)\left(1,+,{\alpha }_8,\frac{G(\mathrm{\Delta }\tau )}{\overline{\tau }}\right)$	SMC	Probability of SMC migration from intima to media