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Mean Exit Time and Escape Probability for a Tumor Growth System under Non-Gaussian Noise

Dynamical Systems 2016-12-21 v1 Biological Physics Other Quantitative Biology

Abstract

Effects of non-Gaussian α\alpha-stable L\'evy noise on the Gompertz tumor growth model are quantified by considering the mean exit time and escape probability of the cancer cell density from inside a safe or benign domain. The mean exit time and escape probability problems are formulated in a differential-integral equation with a fractional Laplacian operator. Numerical simulations are conducted to evaluate how the mean exit time and escape probability vary or bifurcates when α\alpha changes. Some bifurcation phenomena are observed and their impacts are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1111.6540,
  title  = {Mean Exit Time and Escape Probability for a Tumor Growth System under Non-Gaussian Noise},
  author = {Jian Ren and Chujin Li and Ting Gao and Xingye Kan and Jinqiao Duan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.6540},
  year   = {2016}
}