Stability analysis of diffusive predator-prey model with modified Leslie-Gower and Holling-type III schemes

The stability of a diffusive predator-prey model with modified Leslie-Gower and Holling-type III schemes is investigated. A threshold property of the local stability is obtained for a boundary steady state, and sufficient conditions of local stability and un-stability for the positive steady state are also obtained. Furthermore, the global asymptotic stability of these two steady states are discussed. Our results reveal the dynamics of this model system.     

A delay-dependent model with HIV drug resistance during therapy

The use of combination antiretroviral therapy has proven remarkably effective in controlling HIV disease progression and prolonging survival. However, the emergence of drug resistance can occur. It is necessary that we gain a greater understanding of the evolution of drug resistance. Here, we consider an HIV viral dynamical model with general form of target cell density, drug resistance and intracellular delay incorporating antiretroviral therapy. The model includes two strains: wild-type and drug-resistant. The basic reproductive ratio for each strain is obtained for the existence of steady states. Qualitative analysis of the model such as the well-posedness of the solutions and the equilibrium stability is provided. Global asymptotic stability of the disease-free and drug-resistant steady states is shown by constructing Lyapunov functions. Furthermore, sufficient conditions related to the properties of the target cell density are obtained for the local asymptotic stability of the positive steady state. Numerical simulations are conducted to study the impact of target cell density and intracellular delay focusing on the stability of the positive steady state. The occurrence of Hopf bifurcation of periodic solutions is shown to depend on the target cell density.     

Bifurcation from two equilibria of steady state solutions for non-reversible amplitude equations

In this paper, bifurcation and stability of two kinds of constant stationary solutions for non-reversible amplitude equations on a bounded domain with Neumann boundary conditions are investigated by using the perturbation theory and weak nonlinear analysis. The asymptotic behaviors and local properties of two explicit steady state solutions, and pitch-fork bifurcations are also obtained if the bounded domain is regarded as a parameter. In addition, the stability of a new increasing or decaying local steady state solution with oscillations are analyzed.     

Bifurcation analysis in a diffusive Logistic population model with two delayed density-dependent feedback terms

The present paper is concerned with a diffusive population model of Logistic type with an instantaneous density-dependent term and two delayed density-dependent terms and subject to the zero-Dirichlet boundary condition. By regarding the delay as the bifurcation parameter and analyzing in detail the associated eigenvalue problem, the local asymptotic stability and the existence of Hopf bifurcation for the sufficiently small positive steady state solution are shown. It is found that under the suitable condition, the positive steady state solution of the model will become ultimately unstable after a single stability switch (or change) at a certain critical value of delay through a Hopf bifurcation. However, under the other condition, the positive steady state solution of the model will become ultimately unstable after multiple stability switches at some certain critical values of delay through Hopf bifurcations. In addition, the direction of the above Hopf bifurcations and the stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions are analyzed by means of the center manifold theory and normal form method for partial functional differential equations. Finally, in order to illustrate the correction of the obtained theoretical results, some numerical simulations are also carried out.     

A Qualitative Characterization of Symmetric Open-Loop Nash Equilibria in Discounted Infinite Horizon Differential Games

The local stability, steady state comparative statics, and local comparative dynamics of symmetric open-loop Nash equilibria for the ubiquitous class of discounted infinite horizon differential games are investigated. It is shown that the functional forms and values of the parameters specified in a differential game are crucial in determining the local stability of a steady state and, in turn, the steady state comparative statics and local comparative dynamics. A simple sufficient condition for a steady state to be a local saddle point is provided. The power and reach of the results are demonstrated by applying them to two well-known differential games.     

Analysis of stability and Hopf bifurcation for HIV-1 dynamics with PI and three intracellular delays

Mathematical model for the effects of protease inhibitor on the dynamics of HIV-1 infection model with three delays is proposed and analyzed. Some analytical results on the global stability of viral free steady state and infected steady state are obtained. The stability/instability of the positive steady state and associated Hopf bifurcation are investigated by analyzing the characteristic equations.     

THE QUALITATIVE CONTENT OF RENEWABLE RESOURCE MODELS

This paper analyzes the extent to which standard dynamic renewable resource models possess refutable implications. Both the steady state comparative static and local comparative dynamic properties of the standard model are studied. A unified framework is developed which enables one to analyze the qualitative properties of any standard renewable resource model. This is achieved by explicitly linking the local stability, steady state comparative static, and local comparative dynamic properties of the model.     

Steady-state Solution for Reaction-diffusion Models with Mixed Boundary Conditions

In this paper, we deal with a diffusive predator-prey model with mixed boundary conditions, in which the prey population can escape from the boundary of the domain while predator population can only live in this area and can not leave. We first investigate the asymptotic behaviour of positive solutions and obtain a necessary condition ensuring the existence of positive steady state solutions. Next, we investigate the existence of positive steady state solutions by using maximum principle, the fixed point index theory, Lpestimation, and embedding theorems, Finally, local stability and uniqueness are obtained by linear stability theory and perturbation theory of linear operators.     

Travelling waves in an infectious disease model with a fixed latent period and a spatio–temporal delay

This paper is concerned with the existence of travelling waves to an infectious disease model with a fixed latent period and a spatio–temporal delay. By analyzing the corresponding characteristic equations, the local stability of a disease-free steady state and an endemic steady state to this model is discussed. By constructing a pair of upper–lower solutions, we use the cross iteration method and the Schauder’s fixed point theorem to prove the existence of a travelling wave solution connecting the disease-free steady state and the endemic steady state. Numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the main results.     

A microbial continuous culture system with diffusion and diversified growth

A reaction-diffusion model is presented to describe the microbial continuous culture with diversified growth. The existence of nonnegative solutions and attractors for the system is obtained, the stability of steady states and the steady state bifurcation are studied under three growth conditions. In the case of no growth inhibition or only product inhibition, the system admits one positive constant steady state which is stable; in the case of growth inhibition only by substrate, the system can have two positive constant steady states, explicit conditions of the stability and the steady state bifurcation are also determined. In addition, numerical simulations are given to exhibit the theoretical results.     

Stability and bifurcations for the chronic state in Marchuk's model of an immune system

In the paper we present known and new results concerning stability and the Hopf bifurcation for the positive steady state describing a chronic disease in Marchuk's model of an immune system. We describe conditions guaranteeing local stability or instability of this state in a general case and for very strong immune system. We compare these results with the results known in the literature. We show that the positive steady state can be stable only for very specific parameter values. Stability analysis is illustrated by Mikhailov's hodographs and numerical simulations. Conditions for the Hopf bifurcation and stability of arising periodic orbit are also studied. These conditions are checked for arbitrary chosen realistic parameter values. Numerical examples of arising due to the Hopf bifurcation periodic solutions are presented.     

Optimal control and synchronization of Lotka–Volterra model

In this paper we discuss the problem of optimal control for the steady state of Lotka–Volterra model. The conditions of the asymptotic stability of the steady state of this model are used to obtain the optimal control functions. In such study, the optimal Lyapunov function is used. The general solution of the equations of the perturbed state is obtained as a function of time. In addition, the optimal control is also applied to achieve the state synchronization of two identical Lotka–Volterra systems. Graphical and numerical simulation studies of the obtained results are presented.     

Global Qualitative Analysis for a Ratio-Dependent Predator-Prey Model with Delay

A ratio-dependent predator-prey model with time lag for predator is proposed and analyzed. Mathematical analyses of the model equations with regard to boundedness of solutions, nature of equilibria, permanence, and stability are analyzed. We note that for a ratio-dependent system local asymptotic stability of the positive steady state does not even guarantee the so-called persistence of the system and, therefore, does not imply global asymptotic stability. It is found that an orbitally asymptotically stable periodic orbit exists in that model. Some sufficient conditions which guarantee the global stability of positive equilibrium are given.     

Stability and traveling waves of an epidemic model with relapse and spatial diffusion

An epidemic model with relapse and spatial diffusion is studied. Such a model is appropriate for tuberculosis, including bovine tuberculosis in cattle and wildlife, and for herpes. By using the linearized method, the local stability of each of feasible steady states to this model is investigated. It is proven that if the basic reproduction number is less than unity, the disease-free steady state is locally asymptotically stable; and if the basic reproduction number is greater than unity, the endemic steady state is locally asymptotically stable. By the cross-iteration scheme companied with a pair of upper and lower solutions and Schauder's fixed point theorem, the existence of a traveling wave solution which connects the two steady states is established. Furthermore, numerical simulations are carried out to complement the main results.     

Travelling waves of a predator–prey model with a spatiotemporal delay

This paper is concerned with the existence of traveling waves to a predator–prey model with a spatiotemporal delay. By analyzing the corresponding characteristic equations, the local stability of a positive steady state and each of boundary steady states are established, and the existence of Hopf bifurcation at the positive steady state is also discussed. By constructing a pair of upper–lower solutions and by using the cross‐iteration method as well as the Schauder's fixed‐point theorem, the existence of a traveling wave solution connecting the semi‐trivial steady state and the positive steady state is proved. Numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the main theoretical results. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On an eco-epidemiological model with prey harvesting and predator switching: Local and global perspectives

In this paper, we study an eco-epidemiological model where prey disease is modeled by a Susceptible-Infected (SI) scheme. Saturation incidence kinetics is used to model the contact process. The predator population adapt switching technique among susceptible and infected prey. The prey species is supposed to be commercially viable and undergo constant non-selective harvesting. We study the stability aspects of the basic and the switching models around the infection-free state and the infected steady state from a local as well as a global perspective. Our aim is to study the role of harvesting and switching on the dynamics of disease propagation and/or eradication. A comparison of the local and global dynamical behavior in terms of important system parameters is obtained. Numerical simulations are done to illustrate the analytical results.     

Qualitative analysis of a reaction–diffusion system

In this paper, we study the qualitative analysis of a reaction–diffusion system. The local stability of the trivial steady state, as well as the blow-up behavior of the solution are obtained.     

Travelling waves of a delayed SIRS epidemic model with spatial diffusion

This paper is concerned with the existence of travelling waves to an SIRS epidemic model with bilinear incidence rate, spatial diffusion and time delay. By analysing the corresponding characteristic equations, the local stability of a disease-free steady state and an endemic steady state to this system under homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions is discussed. By using the cross iteration method and the Schauder’s fixed point theorem, we reduce the existence of travelling waves to the existence of a pair of upper-lower solutions. By constructing a pair of upper-lower solutions, we derive the existence of a travelling wave solution connecting the disease-free steady state and the endemic steady state. Numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the main results.     

Dynamics analysis of a reaction–diffusion system with Beddington–DeAngelis functional response and strong Allee effect

In this paper, the dynamics of a diffusive predator–prey model with modified Leslie–Gower term and strong Allee effect on prey under homogeneous Neumann boundary condition is considered. Firstly, we obtain the qualitative properties of the system including the existence of the global positive solution and the local and global asymptotical stability of the constant equilibria. In addition, we investigate a priori estimate and the nonexistence of nonconstant positive steady state solutions. Finally, we establish the existence and local structure of steady state patterns and time-periodic patterns for the system.