Mackey-Glass Equation

maturation delay

15

plot type

x(t-τ) versus x(t)

solution time (days)

600

This Demonstration shows solutions of the Mackey–Glass equation

′

P

(t)

β

n

θ

x(t-τ)

n

P(t-τ)

+

n

θ

-γP(t)

for the density,

P

, of mature circulating white blood cells. The parameter

τ

is the delay between production and maturation and release into the bloodstream of the cells.