Numerical detection of instability regions for delay models with delay-dependent parameters

In this paper we are interested in gaining local stability insights about the interior equilibria of delay models arising in biomathematics. The models share the property that the corresponding characteristic equations involve delay-dependent coefficients. The presence of such dependence requires the use of suitable criteria which usually makes the analytical work harder so that numerical techniques must be used. Most existing methods for studying stability switching of equilibria fail when applied to such a class of delay models. To this aim, an efficient criterion for stability switches was recently introduced in [E. Beretta, Y. Kuang, Geometric stability switch criteria in delay differential systems with delay dependent parameters, SIAM J. Math. Anal. 33 (2002) 1144–1165] and extended [E. Beretta, Y. Tang, Extension of a geometric stability switch criterion, Funkcial Ekvac 46(3) (2003) 337–361]. We describe how to numerically detect the instability regions of positive equilibria by using such a criterion, considering both discrete and distributed delay models.     

Stability of a critical nonlinear neutral delay differential equation

This work deals with a scalar nonlinear neutral delay differential equation issued from the study of wave propagation. A critical value of the coefficients is considered, where only few results are known. The difficulty follows from the fact that the spectrum of the linear operator is asymptotically closed to the imaginary axis. An analysis based on the energy method provides new results about the asymptotic stability of constant and periodic solutions. A complete analysis of the stability diagram is given in the linear homogeneous case. Under periodic forcing, existence of periodic solutions is discussed, involving a Diophantine condition on the period of the source.     

Stability of impulsive stochastic differential delay systems and its application to impulsive stochastic neural networks

This paper is concerned with the stability of n-dimensional stochastic differential delay systems with nonlinear impulsive effects. First, the equivalent relation between the solution of the n-dimensional stochastic differential delay system with nonlinear impulsive effects and that of a corresponding n-dimensional stochastic differential delay system without impulsive effects is established. Then, some stability criteria for the n-dimensional stochastic differential delay systems with nonlinear impulsive effects are obtained. Finally, the stability criteria are applied to uncertain impulsive stochastic neural networks with time-varying delay. The results show that, this convenient and efficient method will provide a new approach to study the stability of impulsive stochastic neural networks. Some examples are also discussed to illustrate the effectiveness of our theoretical results.     

Almost surely asymptotic stability of neutral stochastic differential delay equations with Markovian switching

The main aim of this paper is to discuss the almost surely asymptotic stability of the neutral stochastic differential delay equations (NSDDEs) with Markovian switching. Linear NSDDEs with Markovian switching and nonlinear examples will be discussed to illustrate the theory.     

Existence of periodic solutions for a system of delay differential equations

In this paper we mainly study the existence of periodic solutions for a system of delay differential equations representing a simple two-neuron network model of Hopfield type with time-delayed connections between the neurons. We first examine the local stability of the trivial solution, propose some sufficient conditions for the uniqueness of equilibria and then apply the Poincaré-Bendixson theorem for monotone cyclic feedback delayed systems to establish the existence of periodic solutions. In addition, a sufficient condition that ensures the trivial solution to be globally exponentially stable is also given. Numerical examples are provided to support the theoretical analysis.     

Sharp conditions for global stability of Lotka-Volterra systems with distributed delays

We give a criterion for the global attractivity of a positive equilibrium of n-dimensional non-autonomous Lotka-Volterra systems with distributed delays. For a class of autonomous Lotka-Volterra systems, we show that such a criterion is sharp, in the sense that it provides necessary and sufficient conditions for the global asymptotic stability independently of the choice of the delay functions. The global attractivity of positive equilibria is established by imposing a diagonal dominance of the instantaneous negative feedback terms, and relies on auxiliary results showing the boundedness of all positive solutions. The paper improves and generalizes known results in the literature, namely by considering systems with distributed delays rather than discrete delays.     

Local and global stability for Lotka-Volterra systems with distributed delays and instantaneous negative feedbacks

This paper addresses the local and global stability of n-dimensional Lotka-Volterra systems with distributed delays and instantaneous negative feedbacks. Necessary and sufficient conditions for local stability independent of the choice of the delay functions are given, by imposing a weak nondelayed diagonal dominance which cancels the delayed competition effect. The global asymptotic stability of positive equilibria is established under conditions slightly stronger than the ones required for the linear stability. For the case of monotone interactions, however, sharper conditions are presented. This paper generalizes known results for discrete delays to systems with distributed delays. Several applications illustrate the results.     

The Mackey–Glass model of respiratory dynamics: Review and new results

Since the celebrated Mackey–Glass model of respiratory dynamics was introduced in 1977, many results on its qualitative behavior have been obtained, including oscillation, stability and chaos. The paper reviews some known properties and presents new results for more general models: equations with time-dependent parameters, several delays, a positive periodic equilibrium and distributed delays. The problems considered in the paper involve existence, positivity and permanence of solutions, oscillation and global asymptotic stability. In addition, some general approaches to the study of nonlinear nonautonomous scalar delay equations are outlined. The paper generalizes and unifies existing results and provides an outlook on further studies.     

Stability analysis of stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay and its application to recurrent neural networks

In this paper, we investigate the stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay. Some sufficient conditions are derived to ensure the pth moment exponential stability and pth moment global asymptotic stability of stochastic functional differential equations with infinite delay by using Razumikhin method and Lyapunov functions. Based on the obtained results, we further study the pth moment exponential stability of stochastic recurrent neural networks with unbounded distributed delays. The result extends and improves the earlier publications. Two examples are given to illustrate the applicability of the obtained results.     

Permanence of a delayed SIR epidemic model with density dependent birth rate

In this paper, we consider the permanence of a modified delayed SIR epidemic model with density dependent birth rate which is proposed in [M. Song, W. Ma, Asymptotic properties of a revised SIR epidemic model with density dependent birth rate and time delay, Dynamic of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, 13 (2006) 199–208]. It is shown that global dynamic property of the modified delayed SIR epidemic model is very similar as that of the model in [W. Ma, Y. Takeuchi, T. Hara, E. Beretta, Permanence of an SIR epidemic model with distributed time delays, Tohoku Math. J. 54 (2002) 581–591; W. Ma, M. Song, Y. Takeuchi, Global stability of an SIR epidemic model with time delay, Appl. Math. Lett. 17 (2004) 1141–1145].     

Existence and uniqueness results for impulsive functional differential equations with scalar multiple delay and infinite delay

In this paper, we discuss local and global existence and uniqueness results for first order impulsive functional differential equations with multiple delay. We shall rely on a nonlinear alternative of Leray–Schauder. For the global existence and uniqueness we apply a recent nonlinear alternative of Leray–Schauder type in Fréchet spaces, due to M. Frigon and A. Granas [Résultats de type Leray–Schauder pour des contractions sur des espaces de Fréchet, Ann. Sci. Math. Québec 22 (2) (1998) 161–168]. The goal of this paper is to extend the problems considered by A. Ouahab [Local and global existence and uniqueness results for impulsive differential equations with multiple delay, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 323 (2006) 456–472].     

Sufficient conditions for the asymptotic stability of nonlinear multidelay differential equations with linear parts defined by pairwise permutable matrices

In this paper a generalization of the delayed exponential defined by Khusainov and Shuklin (2003) [1] for autonomous linear delay systems with one delay defined by permutable matrices is given for delay systems with multiple delays and pairwise permutable matrices. Using this multidelay-exponential a solution of a Cauchy initial value problem is represented. By an application of this representation and using Pinto’s integral inequality an asymptotic stability results for some classes of nonlinear multidelay differential equations are proved.     

Asymptotic Estimation for Some Nonlinear Delay Differential Equations

This paper deals with the asymptotic investigation of a nonlinear differential equation with variable time delay. We impose some growth restrictions on the nonlinear delayed term and introduce certain auxiliary differential and functional nondifferential equations. Then some comparison results are given and applied to particular cases of the studied nonlinear equation. Received: January 9, 2006. Revised: October 29, 2007.     

The escaping disaster: A problem related to state-dependent delays

We study a second order state-dependent delay equation with an in general unbounded delay that describes an idealized one-dimensional motion. Although governed by a negative feedback mechanism, the set of equilibria, formed by the so called constant velocity solutions, is unstable and a new kind of instability, called the escaping instability, evolves.     

On the behavior of solutions of a first order nonlinear neutral delay differential equation

The authors obtain results on the asymptotic behavior of the non-oscillatory solutions of a first order nonlinear neutral delay differential equation. A theorem giving sufficient conditions for all bounded solutions to be oscillatory is also proved.     

Existence and multiplicity of wave trains in 2D lattices

We study the existence and branching patterns of wave trains in a two-dimensional lattice with linear and nonlinear coupling between nearest particles and a nonlinear substrate potential. The wave train equation of the corresponding discrete nonlinear equation is formulated as an advanced-delay differential equation which is reduced by a Lyapunov–Schmidt reduction to a finite-dimensional bifurcation equation with certain symmetries and an inherited Hamiltonian structure. By means of invariant theory and singularity theory, we obtain the small amplitude solutions in the Hamiltonian system near equilibria in non-resonance and p:q$p:q$ resonance, respectively. We show the impact of the direction θ of propagation and obtain the existence and branching patterns of wave trains in a one-dimensional lattice by investigating the existence of traveling waves of the original two-dimensional lattice in the direction θ of propagation satisfying tan θ is rational.     

A non-local PDE model for population dynamics with state-selective delay: Local theory and global attractors

We propose a non-local PDE model for the evolution of a single species population that involves delayed feedback, where the delay such as the maturation time in the delayed birth rate, is selective and the selection depends on the status of the system. This delay selection, in contrast with the usual state-dependent delay widely used in ordinary delay differential equation, ensures the Lipschitz continuity of the nonlinear functional in the classical phase space. We also develop the local theory, and the existence and upper semi-continuity of the global attractor with respect to parameters.     

Diffusive monotonicity and threshold dynamics of delayed reaction diffusion equations

For abstract functional differential equations and reaction-diffusion equations with delay, an exponential ordering is introduced which takes into account the spatial diffusion. The induced monotonicity of the solution semiflows is established and applied to describe the threshold dynamics (extinction or persistence/convergence to positive equilibria) for a nonlocal and delayed reaction-diffusion population model.     

A semigroup approach to age-dependent population dynamics with time delay

We study the McKendrick type models of population dynamics with instantaneous time delay in the birth rate. The models involve first order partial differential equations with nonlocal and delayed boundary conditions. We show that a semigroup can be associated

to it and identify the infinistimal generator. Its spectral properties are analyzed yielding large time behaviour. An interesting result is that if the total population converges to an equilibrium it will converge to it in an oscillatory fashion. Further, we consider a logistic ara age-dependent model with delay. A nonlinear semigroup is constructed to describe the evolution of the population. Existence and uniqueness of the nonlinear equation are proved.     

Nonlinear stability of the equilibria in a double-bar rotating system

We study the nonlinear stability of the equilibria corresponding to the motion of a particle orbiting around a two finite orthogonal straight segment. The potential is a logarithmic function and may be considered as an approximation to the one generated by irregular celestial bodies. Using Arnold’s theorem for non-definite quadratic forms we determine the nonlinear stability of the equilibria, for all values of the parameter of the problem. Moreover, the resonant cases are determined and the stability is investigated.