Nonlocal stochastic differential equations with time-varying delay driven by G-Brownian motion

This article studies a class of nonlocal stochastic differential equations driven by G-Brownian motion (G-NSDEs for short). We show the existence and uniqueness results of solutions by means of fixed point theorem. In addition, exponential estimation of (1) has been discussed. Furthermore, we present global solution to Equation (1) with the help of G-Lyapunov functional and ψ-type function.     

An approximation to the minimum traveling wave for the delayed diffusive Nicholson's blowflies equation

In this work, we study the approximation of traveling wave solutions propagated at minumum speeds c ₀(h ) of the delayed Nicholson's blowflies equation: In order to do that, we construct a subsolution and a super solution to (?). Also, through that construction, an alternative proof of the existence of traveling waves moving at minimum speed is given. Our basic hypothesis is that p /δ ∈(1,e ] and then, the monostability of the reaction term. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Lot‐sizing policies for deterioration items under two‐level trade credit with partial trade credit to credit‐risk retailer and limited storage capacity

The main purpose of this article is to investigate the optimal wholesaler's replenishment decisions for deterioration items under two levels of the trade credit policy and two storage facilities in order to reflect the supply chain management situation within the economic order quantity framework. In this study, each of the following assumptions have been made: (1) The own warehouse with limited capacity always is not sufficient to store the order quantity, so that a rented warehouse is needed to store the excess units over the capacity of the own warehouse; (2) The wholesaler always obtains the partial trade credit, which is independent of the order quantity offered by the supplier, but the wholesaler offers the full trade credit to the retailer; (3) The wholesaler must take a loan to pay his or her supplier the partial payment immediately when the order is received and then pay off the loan with the entire revenue. Under these three conditions, the wholesaler can obtain the least costs. Furthermore, this study models the wholesaler's optimal replenishment decisions under the aforementioned conditions in the supply chain management. Two theorems are developed to efficiently determine the optimal replenishment decisions for the wholesaler. Finally, numerical examples are given to illustrate the theorems that are proven in this study, and the sensitivity analysis with respect to the major parameters in this study is performed. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Threshold dynamics of a nonlinear multi‐group epidemic model with two infinite distributed delays

The global stability of equilibria is investigated for a nonlinear multi‐group epidemic model with latency and relapses described by two distributed delays. The results show that the global dynamics are completely determined by the basic reproduction number under certain reasonable conditions on the nonlinear incidence rate. Moreover, compared with the results in Michael Y. Li and Zhisheng Shuai, Journal Differential Equations 248 (2010) 1–20, it is found that the two distributed delays have no impact on the global behaviour of the model. Our study improves and extends some known results in recent literature. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global stability of a multi‐group model with distributed delay and vaccination

A delayed multi‐group SVEIR epidemic model with vaccination and a general incidence function has been formulated and studied in this paper. Mathematical analysis shows that the basic reproduction number plays a key role in the dynamics of the model: the disease‐free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable when , while the endemic equilibrium exists uniquely and is globally asymptotically stable when . For the proofs, we exploit a graph‐theoretical approach to the method of Lyapunov functionals. Our results show that distributed delay has no impact on the global stability of equilibria, and the results improve and generalize some known results. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Effects of awareness program and delay in the epidemic outbreak

In the present paper, an epidemic model has been proposed and analyzed to investigate the impact of awareness program and reporting delay in the epidemic outbreak. Awareness programs induce behavioral changes within the population, and divide the susceptible class into two subclasses, aware susceptible and unaware susceptible. The existence and the stability criteria of the equilibrium points are obtained in terms of the basic reproduction number. Considering time delay as the bifurcating parameter, the Hopf bifurcation analysis has been performed around the endemic equilibrium. The direction of the Hopf bifurcation and the stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions are investigated by using the normal form theory and central manifold theorem. To verify the analytical results, comprehensive numerical simulations are carried out. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Delay‐dependent criteria on the global attractivity of Nicholson's blowflies model with patch structure

In this paper, we investigate the effect of delay on the asymptotic behavior of Nicholson's blowflies model with patch structure and multiple time‐varying delays. By using the fluctuation lemma and some differential inequality technique, delay‐dependent criteria are obtained for the global attractivity of the addressed system. Meanwhile, some numerical examples are given to illustrate the feasibility of the theoretical results. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Long-time dynamics for a nonlinear Timoshenko system with delay

This paper is concerned with a nonlinear Timoshenko system with a time delay term in the internal feedback together with initial data and Dirichet boundary conditions. Under some suitable assumptions on the weights of feedback, we obtain the existence of a global attractor with finite fractal dimension for the case of equal speed wave propagation. Furthermore, the existence of exponential attractors is also derived.     

On the stability of Timoshenko-type systems with internal frictional dampings and discrete time delays

In this paper, we consider a vibrating system of Timoshenko-type in a bounded one-dimensional domain under Dirichlet–Dirichlet or Dirichlet–Neumann boundary conditions with one or two discrete time delays and one or two internal frictional dampings. First, we show that the system is well posed in the sens of semigroup theory. Second, we prove the exponential stability regardless to the speeds of wave propagation of the system if the weights of the time delays are smaller than the ones of the corresponding dampings, respectively. However, when the weight of one time delay is not smaller than the one of the corresponding damping, we prove the exponential stability in case of equal-speed wave propagation, and the polynomial stability in the opposite case.