On almost periodicity of delayed predator–prey model with mutual interference and discontinuous harvesting policies

The objective of this paper is to investigate the almost periodic dynamics for a class of delayed predator–prey model with mutual interference and Beddington–DeAngelis type functional response, in which the harvesting policies are modeled by discontinuous functions. Based on the theory of functional differential inclusions theory and set‐valued analysis, the solution in sense of Filippov of system with the discontinuous harvesting policies is given, and the local and global existence of positive the solution in sense of Filippov of the system is studied. By employing generalized differential inequalities, some useful Lemmas are obtained. After that, sufficient conditions which guarantee the permanence of the system are obtained in view of the constructed Lemmas. By constructing some suitable generalized Lyapunov functional, a series of useful criteria on existence, uniqueness, and global attractivity of the almost positive periodic solution to the system are derived in view of functional differential inclusions theory and nonsmooth analysis theory. Some suitable examples together with their numeric simulations are given to substantiate the theoretical results and to illustrate various dynamical behaviors of the system. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Dynamical behavior for a class of predator–prey system with general functional response and discontinuous harvesting policy

In this paper, we introduce a class of predator–prey system with general functional response, whose harvesting policy is modeled by a discontinuous function. Based on the differential inclusions theory, topological degree theory in set‐valued analysis and generalized Lyapunov approach, we analyze the existence, uniqueness and global asymptotic stability of positive periodic solution. In particular, a series of useful criteria on existence, uniqueness and global asymptotic stability of the positive equilibrium point are established for the autonomous system corresponding to the non‐autonomous biological and mathematical model with a discontinuous right‐hand side. Moreover, some new sufficient conditions are provided to guarantee the global convergence in measure of harvesting solution and convergence in finite time of any positive solution for the autonomous discontinuous biological system. The obtained results, which improve and generalize previous works on dynamical behavior in the literature, are of interest for understanding and designing biological system with not only continuous or even Lipschitz continuous but also discontinuous harvesting function. Finally, we give three examples with numerical simulations to show the applicability and effectiveness of our main results. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一类具有收获率的脉冲Lotka-Volterra竞争合作系统的八个正概周期解

研究了一类具有收获率的脉冲Lotka-Volterra竞争合作系统的正概周期解.通过利用重合度理论延拓定理、概周期理论和不等式分析技巧,获得了系统至少存在8个正概周期解的充分条件,推广和改进了早期文献的相关结果.     

Periodic solution and its stability of a delayed Beddington‐DeAngelis type predator‐prey system with discontinuous control strategy

This paper investigates the periodic solution of a delayed Beddington‐DeAngelis (BD) type predator‐prey model with discontinuous control strategy. Firstly, the regularity and visibility analysis of the delayed predator‐prey model is carried out by using the principle of differential inclusion. Secondly, the positiveness and boundeness of the solution is discussed by employing the comparison theorem. Based on the boundary conditions of the model and the Mawhin‐like coincidence theorem, it is shown that the solution of the delayed BD system is asymptotically stable in finite time. Furthermore, it is found that there exists at least one periodic solution of the nonautonomous delayed predator‐prey model by using the principle of topological degree and set value mapping. Specially, when the nonautonomous delayed BD system degenerates into an autonomous system, some criteria are obtained to guarantee the convergence behavior of the harvesting solutions for the corresponding autonomous delayed BD system. Finally, numerical examples are given to demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of main results. It is worthy to point out that the discontinuous control strategy is superior to the continuous harvesting policies adopted in existing literature.     

Global exponential stability of periodic solutions in a nonsmooth model of hematopoiesis with time‐varying delays

In this paper, we study a model of hematopoiesis with time‐varying delays and discontinuous harvesting, which is described by a nonsmooth dynamical system. Based on a newly developed method, nonsmooth analysis, and the generalized Lyapunov method, some new delay‐dependent criteria are established to ensure the existence and global exponential stability of positive periodic solutions. Moreover, an example with numerical simulations is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of theoretical results. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Almost periodic dynamical behaviors for generalized Cohen–Grossberg neural networks with discontinuous activations via differential inclusions

In this paper, we investigate the almost periodic dynamical behaviors for a class of general Cohen–Grossberg neural networks with discontinuous right-hand sides, time-varying and distributed delays. By means of retarded differential inclusions theory and nonsmooth analysis theory with generalized Lyapunov approach, we obtain the existence, uniqueness and global stability of almost periodic solution to the neural networks system. It is worthy to pointed out that, without assuming the boundedness or monotonicity of the discontinuous neuron activation functions, our results will also be valid. Finally, we give some numerical examples to show the applicability and effectiveness of our main results.     

Almost periodic solution for Nicholson’s blowflies model with patch structure and linear harvesting terms

In this paper, we study the existence and exponential convergence of positive almost periodic solutions for a class of Nicholson’s blowflies model with patch structure and multiple linear harvesting terms. Under appropriate conditions, we establish some criteria to ensure that the solutions of this system converge locally exponentially to a positive almost periodic solution. Moreover, we give some examples and numerical simulations to illustrate our main results.     

The positive almost periodic solution for Nicholson-type delay systems with linear harvesting terms

In this paper, we study the existence and exponential convergence of positive almost periodic solutions for a class of Nicholson-type delay system with linear harvesting terms. Under appropriate conditions, we establish some criteria to ensure that the solutions of this system converge locally exponentially to a positive almost periodic solution. Moreover, we give an example to illustrate our main results.     

Integrate-and-fire models with an almost periodic input function

We investigate leaky integrate-and-fire models (LIF models for short) driven by Stepanov and μ-almost periodic functions. Special attention is paid to the properties of the firing map and its displacement, which give information about the spiking behavior of the considered system. We provide conditions under which such maps are well-defined and are uniformly continuous. We show that the LIF models with Stepanov almost periodic inputs have uniformly almost periodic displacements. We also show that in the case of μ-almost periodic drives it may happen that the displacement map is uniformly continuous, but is not μ-almost periodic (and thus cannot be Stepanov or uniformly almost periodic). By allowing discontinuous inputs, we extend some previous results, showing, for example, that the firing rate for the LIF models with Stepanov almost periodic input exists and is unique. This is a starting point for the investigation of the dynamics of almost-periodically driven integrate-and-fire systems.     

Multiple positive almost periodic solutions to an impulsive non-autonomous Lotka–Volterra predator–prey system with harvesting terms

In this paper, by using Mawhin’s continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory, we study an impulsive non-autonomous Lotka–Volterra predator–prey system with harvesting terms and obtain some sufficient conditions for the existence of multiple positive almost periodic solutions for the system under consideration. Our results of this paper are completely new and our method used in this paper can be used to study the existence of multiple positive almost periodic solutions to other types of population systems.     

Sliding and oscillations in fisheries with on–off harvesting and different switching times

In this paper, we propose a fishery model with a discontinuous on–off harvesting policy, based on a very simple and well known rule: stop fishing when the resource is too scarce, i.e. whenever fish biomass is lower than a given threshold. The dynamics of the one-dimensional continuous time model, represented by a discontinuous piecewise-smooth ordinary differential equation, converges to the Schaefer equilibrium or to the threshold through a sliding process. We also consider the model with discrete time impulsive on–off switching that shows oscillations around the threshold value. Finally, a discrete-time version of the model is considered, where on–off harvesting switchings are decided with the same discrete time scale of non overlapping reproduction seasons of the harvested fish species. In this case the border collision bifurcations leading to the creations and destruction of periodic oscillations of the fish biomass are studied.     

On linear almost periodic pulse systems

For a linear almost periodic system under pulse influence, the conditions are established under which this system is reducible (by a linear change of variables with a discontinuous almost periodic matrix) to a system without pulses but with a Bohr almost periodic right-hand side. The set of linear almost periodic pulse systems possessing only bounded solutions is studied.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 105–113, January, 1993.     

Positive almost periodic solution for a class of Nicholson’s blowflies model with a linear harvesting term

In this paper, we study the problem of positive almost periodic solutions for the generalized Nicholson’s blowflies model with a linear harvesting term and multiple time-varying delays. By applying the fixed point theorem and the Lyapunov functional method, we establish some criteria to ensure that the solutions of this model converge locally exponentially to a positive almost periodic solution. Moreover, we give an example to illustrate our main results.     

Existence and global exponential stability of almost periodic solution for delayed competitive neural networks with discontinuous activations

In this paper, we study a class of delayed competitive neural networks with discontinuous activations. Without assuming the boundedness and local Lipschizian on the activation functions, some new criteria ensuring the existence and global exponential stability of almost periodic solutions for the neural network model considered in this work are established by constructing some suitable Lyapunov functionals and employing the theory of nonsmooth analysis. Finally, we present some applications and numerical examples with simulations to show the effectiveness of our main results. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

PERIODIC SOLUTION AND ALMOST PERIODIC SOLUTION OF NONAUTONOMOUS COMPETITIVE MODEL WITH STAGE STRUCTURE AND HARVESTING

In this paper, a two-species nonautonomous competitive model with stage structure and harvesting is considered. Sufficient conditions for the existence, uniqueness, global attractivity of positive periodic solution and the existence, uniform asymptotic stability of almost periodic solution are obtained.     

Existence and exponential convergence of almost periodic positive solution for Nicholson's blowflies discrete model with linear harvesting term

This paper deals with a discrete Nicholson's blowflies model with linear harvesting term. By using contraction mapping fixed point theorem, we obtain sufficient conditions for the existence of unique almost periodic positive solution. Moreover, we investigate exponential convergence of the almost periodic positive solution by Lyapunov functional. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Almost periodicity for a class of delayed Cohen–Grossberg neural networks with discontinuous activations

The objective of this paper is to investigate the dynamics of a class of delayed Cohen–Grossberg neural networks with discontinuous neuron activations. By means of retarded differential inclusions, we obtain a result on the local existence of solutions, which improves the previous related results for delayed neural networks. It is shown that an M-matrix condition satisfied by the neuron interconnections, can guarantee not only the existence and uniqueness of an almost periodic solution, but also its global exponential stability. It is also shown that the M-matrix condition ensures that all solutions of the system display a common asymptotic behavior. In this paper, we prove that the existence interval of the almost periodic solution is (?∞, +∞), whereas the existence interval is only proved to be [0, +∞) in most of the literature. As special cases, we derive the results of existence, uniqueness and global exponential stability of a periodic solution for delayed neural networks with periodic coefficients, as well as the similar results of an equilibrium for the systems with constant coefficients. To the author’s knowledge, the results in this paper are the only available results on almost periodicity for Cohen–Grossberg neural networks with discontinuous activations and delays.     

Homoclinic bifurcation for a general state-dependent Kolmogorov type predator–prey model with harvesting

In this paper, a general Kolmogorov type predator–prey model is considered. Together with a constant-yield predator harvesting, the state dependent feedback control strategies which take into account the impulsive harvesting on predators as well as the impulsive stocking on the prey are incorporated in the process of population interactions. We firstly study the existence of an order-1 homoclinic cycle for the system. It is shown that an order-1 positive periodic solution bifurcates from the order-1 homoclinic cycle through a homoclinic bifurcation as the impulsive predator harvesting rate crosses some critical value. The uniqueness and stability of the order-1 positive periodic solution are derived by applying the geometry theory of differential equations and the method of successor function. Finally, some numerical examples are provided to illustrate the main results. These results indicate that careful management of resources and harvesting policies is required in the applied conservation and renewable resource contexts.     

Periodic and almost periodic solutions of strongly non-linear impulsive systems

The problem of the existence and stability of periodic and almost periodic solutions of strongly non-linear impulsive systems is investigated. The Poincaré method [1] is justified for the case of an isolated generating solution. A dynamical system consisting of a bead on a vibrating surface is considered as an example.

The small parameter method for investigating systems with discontinuous solutions was previously applied [2, 3] to the case when the periodic solution is non-isolated.

A method is used below for reducing the investigation of a system of equations with impulsive actions on surfaces to equations with fixed moments of inpulsive action.     

Multiplicity of positive almost periodic solutions in a delayed Hassell–Varley‐type predator–prey model with harvesting on prey

In this paper, we consider a delayed Hassell–Varley‐type predator–prey model with harvesting on prey. By means of Mawhin's continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory, some new sufficient conditions are obtained for the existence of at least two positive almost periodic solutions for the aforementioned model. To the best of the author's knowledge, so far, the result of this paper is completely new. An example is employed to illustrate the result of this paper. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.