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Table 1 ODE models of tumor growth

From: Differences in predictions of ODE models of tumor growth: a cautionary example

Model

Equation

Exponential

\({\dot {V}=a V}\)

Mendelsohn

\({\dot {V}=a V^{b}}\)

Logistic

\({\dot {V}=a V \left (1-\frac {V}{b}\right)}\)

Linear

\({\dot {V}= \frac {aV}{(V+b)}}\)

Surface

\({\dot {V}= \frac {aV}{(V+b)^{\frac {1}{3}}}}\)

Gompertz

\({\dot {V}=aV\ln {\frac {b}{(V+c)}}}\)

Bertalanffy

\({\dot {V}=aV^{\frac {2}{3}}-bV}\)