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.