Accurate state estimation from uncertain data and models: an application of data assimilation to mathematical models of human brain tumors

Table 1 Representative parameters for the logistic Swanson model, Eq.(2), in two dimensions.

Location-independent parameters	Meaning	value
α	maximum glioma growth rate	0.2 day^-1
T _max	glioma carrying capacity	10 000 cells mm^-2
Location-dependent parameters	Meaning	White Matter	Gray Matter	CSF
D(x)	diffusion rate (mm² day^-1)	0.0065	0.0013	0.001

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