Stability analysis of quaternion‐valued Cohen‐Grossberg neural networks

In this paper, by starting from basic quaternion algebra properties and algorithms, a quaternion‐valued Cohen‐Grossberg neural network was derived, subsequently, several new sufficient conditions are derived to ensure existence and global asymptotic stability (GAS) and global exponential stability (GES) of the equilibrium point (EP) for quaternion‐valued Cohen‐Grossberg neural networks. The obtained criteria can be checked easily in practice and have a distinguished feature from previous studies. Finally, we have numerical evidences that the mathematical system and the conclusions presented are validated.     

Effect of prey‐taxis and diffusion on positive steady states for a predator‐prey system

In this paper, we consider a generalized predator‐prey system with prey‐taxis under the Neumann boundary condition. We investigate the local and global asymptotical stability of constant steady states (including trivial, semitrivial, and interior constant steady states). On the basis of a priori estimate and the fixed‐point index theory, several sufficient conditions for the nonexistence/existence of nonconstant positive solutions are given.     

Stability analysis of memristor‐based complex‐valued recurrent neural networks with time delays

This article addresses stability analysis of a general class of memristor‐based complex‐valued recurrent neural networks (MCVNNs) with time delays. Some sufficient conditions to guarantee the boundedness on a compact set that globally attracts all trajectories of the MCVNNs are obtained by utilizing local inhibition. Moreover, some sufficient conditions for exponential stability and the global stability of the MCVNNs are established with the help of local invariant sets and linear matrix inequalities using Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional. The analysis results in the article, based on the results from the theory of differential equations with discontinuous right‐hand sides as introduced by Filippov. Finally, two numerical examples are also presented to show the effectiveness and usefulness of our theoretical results. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 21: 14–39, 2016     

Existence and stability of traveling wave solutions to one‐sided mixed initial‐boundary value problem for first‐order quasilinear hyperbolic systems

When one characteristic of the system is linearly degenerate, under suitable boundary conditions, we get the existence of traveling wave solutions located on the corresponding characteristic trajectory to the one‐sided mixed initial‐boundary value problem. When the system is linearly degenerate, by introducing the semi‐global normalized coordinates, we derive the related formulas of wave decomposition to prove the stability of traveling wave solutions corresponding to all leftward and the rightmost characteristic trajectories. Finally, for the traveling wave solutions corresponding to other rightward characteristic trajectories, some examples show their possible instability. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global solutions to the Navier‐Stokes‐Landau‐Lifshitz system

This paper is dedicated to the study of the Navier‐Stokes‐Landau‐Lifshitz system. We obtain the global existence of a unique solution for this system without any small conditions imposed on the third component of the initial velocity field. Our methods mainly rely upon the Fourier frequency localization and Bony's paraproduct decomposition.     

Existence and exponential stability of almost‐periodic solutions for neutral BAM neural networks with time‐varying delays in leakage terms on time scales

This paper is concerned with neutral bidirectional associative memory neural networks with time‐varying delays in leakage terms on time scales. Some sufficient conditions on the existence, uniqueness, and global exponential stability of almost‐periodic solutions are established. An example is presented to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the obtained results. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global dynamics of a delayed eco‐epidemiological model with Holling type‐III functional response

In this paper, an eco‐epidemiological model with Holling type‐III functional response and a time delay representing the gestation period of the predators is investigated. In the model, it is assumed that the predator population suffers a transmissible disease. The disease basic reproduction number is obtained. By analyzing the corresponding characteristic equations, the local stability of each of feasible equilibria and the existence of Hopf bifurcations at the disease‐free equilibrium and the endemic‐coexistence equilibrium are established, respectively. By using the persistence theory on infinite dimensional systems, it is proved that if the disease basic reproduction number is greater than unity, the system is permanent. By means of Lyapunov functionals and LaSalle's invariance principle, sufficient conditions are obtained for the global stability of the endemic‐coexistence equilibrium, the disease‐free equilibrium and the predator‐extinction equilibrium of the system, respectively. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Existence and global exponential stability of anti‐periodic solutions for delayed quaternion‐valued cellular neural networks with impulsive effects

In this paper, we consider a class of delayed quaternion‐valued cellular neural networks (DQVCNNs) with impulsive effects. By using a novel continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory, the existence of anti‐periodic solutions for DQVCNNs is obtained with or without assuming that the activation functions are bounded. Furthermore, by constructing a suitable Lyapunov function, some sufficient conditions are derived to guarantee the global exponential stability of anti‐periodic solutions for DQVCNNs. Our results are new and complementary to the known results even when DQVCNNs degenerate into real‐valued or complex‐valued neural networks. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

Stability of nonconstant steady‐state solutions for 2‐fluid nonisentropic Euler‐Poisson equations in semiconductor

We consider the periodic problem for 2‐fluid nonisentropic Euler‐Poisson equations in semiconductor. By choosing a suitable symmetrizers and using an induction argument on the order of the time‐space derivatives of solutions in energy estimates, we obtain the global stability of solutions with exponential decay in time near the nonconstant steady‐states for 2‐fluid nonisentropic Euler‐Poisson equations. This improves the results obtained for models with temperature diffusion terms by using the pressure functions p^ν in place of the unknown variables densities n^ν.     

Blow‐up solutions for localized reaction‐diffusion equations with variable exponents

This paper deals with radial solutions to localized reaction‐diffusion equations with variable exponents, subject to homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. The global existence versus blow‐up criteria are studied in terms of the variable exponents. We proposed that the maximums of variable exponents are the key clue to determine blow‐up classifications and describe blow‐up rates for positive solutions. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global exponential stability of fractional‐order impulsive neural network with time‐varying and distributed delay

In this article, we present several results on global exponential stability of a fractional‐order cellular neural network with impulses and with time‐varying and distributed delay. By using the Lyapunov‐like function methods in conjunction with the Razumikhin techniques, we derive sufficient condition for the exponential stability with an exponential convergence rate. The obtained outcomes of our present investigation significantly extend and generalize the corresponding results existing in the current literature. Finally, we give 2 illustrative examples to demonstrate the theoretical findings.     

Dynamics of a ratio‐dependent stage‐structured predator‐prey model with delay

In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of a time‐delay ratio‐dependent predator‐prey model with stage structure for the predator. This predator‐prey system conforms to the realistically biological environment. The existence and stability of the positive equilibrium are thoroughly analyzed, and the sufficient and necessary conditions for the stability and instability of the positive equilibrium are obtained for the case without delay. Then, the influence of delay on the dynamics of the system is investigated using the geometric criterion developed by Beretta and Kuang. 26 We show that the positive steady state can be destabilized through a Hopf bifurcation and there exist stability switches under some conditions. The formulas determining the direction and the stability of Hopf bifurcations are explicitly derived by using the center manifold reduction and normal form theory. Finally, some numerical simulations are performed to illustrate and expand our theoretical results.     

Disease‐selective predation may lead to prey extinction

In real world bio‐communities, predational choice plays a key role to the persistence of the prey population. Predator's ‘sense’ of choice for predation towards the infected and noninfected prey is an important factor for those bio‐communities. There are examples where the predator can distinguish the infected prey and avoids those at the time of predation. Based on the examples, we propose two mathematical models and observe the dynamics of the systems around biologically feasible equilibria. For disease‐selective predation model there is a high risk of prey extinction. On the other hand, for non‐disease selective predation both populations co‐exist. Local stability analysis and global stability analysis of the positive interior equilibrium are performed. Moreover, conditions for the permanence of the system are obtained. Finally, we conclude that strictly disease‐selective predation may not be acceptable for the persistence of the prey population. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Effect of emergent carrying capacity in an eco‐epidemiological system

The paper explores an eco‐epidemiological model of a predator–prey type, where the prey population is subject to infection. The model is basically a combination of S‐I type model and a Rosenzweig–MacArthur predator–prey model. The novelty of this contribution is to consider different competition coefficients within the prey population, which leads to the emergent carrying capacity. We explicitly separate the competition between non‐infected and infected individuals. This emergent carrying capacity is markedly different to the explicit carrying capacities that have been considered in many eco‐epidemiological models. We observed that different intra‐class and inter‐class competition can facilitate the coexistence of susceptible prey‐infected prey–predator, which is impossible for the case of the explicit carrying capacity model. We also show that these findings are closely associated with bi‐stability. The present system undergoes bi‐stability in two different scenarios: (a) bi‐stability between the planner equilibria where susceptible prey co‐exists with predator or infected prey and (b) bi‐stability between co‐existence equilibrium and the planner equilibrium where susceptible prey coexists with infected prey; have been discussed. The conditions for which the system is to be permanent and the global stability of the system around disease‐free equilibrium are worked out. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On contraction of nonlinear difference equations with time‐varying delays

General nonlinear difference equations with time‐varying delays are considered. Explicit criteria for contraction of such equations are presented. Then some simple sufficient conditions for global exponential stability of equilibria and for stability of invariant sets are derived. Furthermore, explicit criteria for existence, uniqueness and global exponential stability of periodic solutions are derived. Finally, the obtained results are applied to time‐varying discrete‐time neural networks with delay.     

Asymptotical stability analysis of Riemann‐Liouville q‐fractional neutral systems with mixed delays

This paper investigates the asymptotical stability of Riemann‐Liouville q‐fractional neutral systems with mixed delays (constant time delay and distributed delay). By constructing some appropriate Lyapunov‐Kravsovskii functionals, some sufficient conditions on delay‐dependent and delay‐independent asymptotical stability are obtained in terms of linear matrix inequality (LMI). Our employed method is based on the direct calculation of quantum derivatives of the Lyapunov‐Kravsovskii functionals. Finally, two examples are presented to demonstrate the availability of our obtained results.     

Exponential stability for a one‐dimensional compressible viscous micropolar fluid

In this paper, we consider one‐dimensional compressible viscous and heat‐conducting micropolar fluid, being in a thermodynamical sense perfect and polytropic. The homogenous boundary conditions for velocity, microrotation, and temperature are introduced. This problem has a global solution with a priori estimates independent of time; with the help of this result, we first prove the exponential stability of solution in (H¹(0,1))⁴, and then we establish the global existence and exponential stability of solutions in (H²(0,1))⁴ under the suitable assumptions for initial data. The results in this paper improve those previously related results. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Dissipativity and synchronization control of fractional‐order memristive neural networks with reaction‐diffusion terms

This paper deals with the dissipativity and synchronization control of fractional‐order memristive neural networks (FOMNNs) with reaction‐diffusion terms. By means of fractional Halanay inequality, Wirtinger inequality, and Lyapunov functional, some sufficient conditions are provided to ensure global dissipativity and exponential synchronization of FOMNNs with reaction‐diffusion terms, respectively. The underlying model and the obtained results are more general since the reaction‐diffusion terms are first introduced into FOMNNs. The given conditions are easy to be checked, and the correctness of the obtained results is confirmed by a living example.     

Global dynamics of multi‐group dengue disease model with latency distributions

In this paper, by incorporating latencies for both human beings and female mosquitoes to the mosquito‐borne diseases model, we investigate a class of multi‐group dengue disease model and study the impacts of heterogeneity and latencies on the spread of infectious disease. Dynamical properties of the multi‐group model with distributed delays are established. The results showthat the global asymptotic stability of the disease‐free equilibrium and the endemic equilibrium depends only on the basic reproduction number. Our proofs for global stability of equilibria use the classical method of Lyapunov functions and the graph‐theoretic approach for large‐scale delay systems. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.