Wavefront solutions in diffusive Nicholson’s blowflies equation with nonlocal delay

This paper is concerned with the diffusive Nicholson’s blowflies equation with nonlocal delay incorporated as an integral convolution over the entire past time up to now and the whole one-dimensional spatial domain R.Assume that the delay kernel is a strong generic kernel.By the linear chain techniques and the geometric singular perturbation theory,the existence of travelling front solutions is shown for small delay.     

Wavefront solutions in diffusive Nicholson＇s blowflies equation with nonlocal delay

This paper is concerned with the diffusive Nicholson＇s blowflies equation with nonlocal delay incorporated as an integral convolution over the entire past time up to now and the whole one-dimensional spatial domain R. Assume that the delay kernel is a strong generic kernel. By the linear chain techniques and the geometric singular perturbation theory, the existence of travelling front solutions is shown for small delay.     

Dynamic behavior of a stochastic SIQS epidemic model with Lévy jumps

Nonlinear Dynamics - In this paper, we propose a stochastic SIQS epidemic model with Lévy jumps and investigate sufficient conditions of the extinction and persistence of the disease. Then, we...     

Periodicity and multi-periodicity generated by impulses in delayed differential inclusions: application to discontinuous Nicholson’s blowflies model

Nonlinear Dynamics - Based on Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorem of set-valued maps type, this paper studies the existence and multiplicity of periodic positive solutions for delayed...     

Dynamical stability in a delayed neural network with reaction–diffusion and coupling

Nonlinear Dynamics - In this paper, a delayed neural network with reaction–diffusion and coupling is considered. The network consists of two sub-networks each with two neurons. In the first...     

Dynamical behavior and network analysis of an extended Hindmarsh–Rose neuron model

Nonlinear Dynamics - In this paper, the extended Hindmarsh–Rose neuron model, which considers the slow intracellular exchange of calcium ions between its store and the cytoplasm, is studied....     

An extended two-lane traffic flow lattice model with driver’s delay time

In this paper, a new two-lane lattice model is presented by considering the effect of drivers’ delay in sensing relative flux. By means of the linear stability analysis, the effect of drivers’ delay time on the stability of two-lane traffic flow is examined and shown that with the drivers’ delay time increasing, the unstable areas expand accordingly on the phase diagram, which is also confirmed by direct computer simulations. Through nonlinear analysis method, the modified Korteweg–deVries equation near the critical point is obtained and solved to describe the traffic- jamming transitions in a two-lane system.     

Delay-dependent robust stability and H_∞ analysis of stochastic systems with time-varying delay

This paper investigates the robust stochastic stability and H∞ analysis for stochastic systems with time-varying delay and Markovian jump. By using the freeweighting matrix technique, i.e., He's technique, and a stochastic Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, new delay-dependent criteria in terms of linear matrix inequalities are derived for the the robust stochastic stability and the H∞ disturbance attenuation. Three numerical examples are given. The results show that the proposed method is efficient and much less conservative than the existing results in the literature.     

Effect of delay on a predator–prey model with parasitic infection

In the paper an eco-epidemic system with delay and parasitic infection in the prey is investigated. The conditions for asymptotic stability of steady states are derived and the length of the delay preserving the stability is also estimated. Further, the criterion for existence of Hopf-type small amplitude periodic oscillations of the predator and prey biomass is derived. Numerical results indicate that the delay does not affect the stability of the system in the process but makes all populations oscillate more intensively. In addition, the results show that the recovery makes the levels of the infected prey and the predator become lower but makes the sound prey higher in limit time.     

Global Hopf Bifurcation Analysis of a Nicholson’s Blowflies Equation of Neutral Type

We investigate Hopf bifurcations in a delayed Nicholson’s blowflies equation of neutral type, derived from the Gurtin–MacCamy model. A key parameter that determines the direction of the Hopf bifurcation and the stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions is derived. Global extension of local Hopf branches is established by combining a global Hopf bifurcation theorem with a Bendixson criterion for higher dimensional ordinary differential equations. We show that a branch of slowly varying periodic solutions and a branch of fast oscillating periodic solutions coexist for all large delays.     

Dynamical behavior of a class of prey-predator system with impulsive state feedback control and Beddington–DeAngelis functional response

This paper studies systematically a Bedd-ington?CDeAngelis prey?Cpredator system with harvesting and impulsive state feedback control. Conditions for existence and stability of predator-free periodic solution are obtained. When the predator-free periodic solution loses its stability, the existence and stability of nontrivial period solution are also established. Furthermore, computer simulations show that this impulsive system displays a series of complex phenomena, including period-doubling bifurcation and cascade, period window, and chaotic bands. Through numerical simulation, it is also observed that capture capability can influence the amount of predator released and the interval of the stability for nontrivial period-1 solution. Moreover, the superiority of impulsive state feedback control strategy is also exhibited over the impulsive fixed-time control.     

Bifurcation and chaotic behavior of a discrete-time Ricardo–Malthus model

The dynamics of a discrete-time Ricardo–Malthus model obtained by numerical discretization is investigated, where the step size δ is regarded as a bifurcation parameter. It is shown that the system undergoes flip bifurcation and Neimark–Sacker bifurcation in the interior of $R^{2}_{+}$ by using the theory of center manifold and normal form. Numerical simulations are presented not only to illustrate our theoretical results, but also to exhibit the system’s complex dynamical behavior, such as the cascade of period-doubling bifurcation in orbits of period 2, 4, 8 16, period-11, 22, 28 orbits, quasiperiodic orbits, and the chaotic sets. These results reveal far richer dynamics of the discrete model compared with the continuous model. The Lyapunov exponents are numerically computed to confirm further the complexity of the dynamical behaviors.     

Dynamical analysis of a pest management Leslie–Gower model with ratio-dependent functional response

Nonlinear Dynamics - Agricultural pests are great threat for agricultural production, and the development of effective pest control methods is becoming an interesting topic and attracts great...