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This paper is devoted to investigate the problem of controlling chaos in a 3D ratio-dependent food chain system. Time-delayed feedback control method is applied to suppress chaos to unstable equilibria or unstable periodic orbits. By local stability analysis, we theoretically prove the occurrences of Hopf bifurcation. Some numerical simulations are presented to support theoretical predictions. Finally, main conclusions are drawn. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, a special SEIR epidemic model with nonlinear incidence rates is considered. By analyzing the associated characteristic transcendental equation, it is found that Hopf bifurcation occurs when these delays pass through a sequence of critical value. Some explicit formulae for determining the stability and the direction of the Hopf bifurcation periodic solutions bifurcating from Hopf bifurcations are obtained by using the normal form theory and center manifold theory. Some numerical simulation for justifying the theoretical analysis are also presented. Finally, biological explanations and main conclusions are given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]