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In this paper, a predator-prey model with Holling type-I functional response and multi state impulsive feedback control is established, where the intensity of pesticide spraying and the release amount of natural enemies are linearly dependent on the given threshold in the second impulse. Firstly, the existence of order-1 periodic solution of the system is investigated by successor functions and Bendixson theorem of impulsive differential equations, then the stability of periodic solutions is proved by the analogue of the Poincaré criterion. Furthermore, in order to reduce the actual total cost and obtain the best economic benefit, the optimal economic threshold is obtained, which provides the optimal strategy for the practical application. Finally, numerical simulations for specific examples are carried out to illustrate the feasibility of the above conclusions.

In this paper, a delayed phytoplankton-zooplankton system with the coefficient depending on delay is investigated. Firstly, it gives the nonnegative and boundedness of solutions of the delay differential equations. Secondly, it gives the asymptotical stability properties of equilibria in the absence of time delay. Then in the presence of time delay, the existence of local Hopf bifurcation is discussed when the delay changes. In addition to that, the stability of periodic solution and bifurcation direction are also obtained through the use of central manifold theory. Furthermore, he global continuity of the local Hopf bifurcation is discussed by using the global Hopf bifurcation result of FDE. At last, some numerical simulations are presented to show the rationality of theoretical analyses.

Although caring and raising children is the duty of all parents, some animals relieve themselves of this labored work by relying on others to raise their young. After the host has made a nest and laid eggs, the parasite locates the nest and lays a few eggs in the host’s nest. Several possible interactions occur between the host and parasite in brood parasitism: the parasite does not destroy the host’s eggs and the host does not abandon her nest with eggs. Here, we establish a mathematical framework for studying an ecological model on brood parasitism with stage structure of the parasite, where time delay represents the incubation period of the parasite. For the proposed model, we studied the impact of incubation time delay on the coexistence equilibrium. By using corresponding characteristic equations, the local stability behavior of each of the feasible equilibria of the model and existence of Hopf bifurcations at the coexistence equilibrium are established. Further, the global properties of some equilibria are established using Lyapunov–LaSalle invariance principle. The incubation time delay was found to be crucial for establishing stability behavior. When the incubation time delay increased and crossed some critical values, Hopf bifurcation may occur at the coexistence equilibrium. Further, by using normal form and center manifold theories, formulas were established to determine the stability and direction of the Hopf bifurcation. Numerical simulations were conducted to support the theoretical analysis. Our mathematical model could help lay a foundation for further studies on brood parasitism by the cuckoo bird.

This paper inquires the global properties of a vector borne dengue out break model with non-linear incidence rates and latent delays of both host and vector. The global stability properties of disease free equilibrium as well as endemic equilibrium are obtained by means of appropriate Liapunov functionals and LaSalle's invariance principle for delay differential equations. The global dynamics of equilibria of the model are totally concluded by the basic reproductive number (R0). We proved that if R0 ≤ 1, the disease-free equilibrium globally asymptotically stable and R0 ≤ 1, infected equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable. Numerical simulations are given at the end of paper for a specified model.

In this paper, a stochastic SIS epidemic model with nonlinear incidence rate and double epidemic hypothesis is proposed and analysed. We explain the effects of stochastic disturbance on disease transmission. To this end, firstly, we investigated the dynamic properties of the system neglecting stochastic disturbance and obtained the threshold and the conditions for the extinction and the permanence of two kinds of epidemic diseases by considering the stability of the equilibria of the deterministic system. Secondly, we paid prime attention on the threshold dynamics of the stochastic system and established the conditions for the extinction and the permanence of two kinds of epidemic diseases. We found that there exists a significant difference between the threshold of the deterministic system and that of the stochastic system. Moreover, it has been established that the persistent of infectious disease analysed by use of deterministic system becomes extinct under the same conditions due to the stochastic disturbance. This implies that a stochastic disturbance has significant impact on the spread of infectious diseases and the larger stochastic disturbance leads to control the epidemic diseases. In order to illustrate the dynamic difference between the deterministic system and the stochastic system, there have been given a series of numerical simulations by using different noise disturbance coefficients.

A stochastic SIR model with vertical transmission and vaccination is proposed and investigated in this paper. The threshold dynamics are explored when the noise is small. The conditions for the extinction or persistence of infectious diseases are deduced. Our results show that large noise can lead to the extinction of infectious diseases which is conducive to epidemic diseases control.

In this paper, we obtain the complete monotonicities regarding both the functions σ x and λ x defined by Γ ( x + 1 ) = 2 π x x e x e σ x 12 x = 2 π x x e x ( 1 + λ x ) . As direct consequences, σ x is strictly increasing and strictly concave on ( 0 , ∞ ) and λ x is strictly decreasing and strictly convex on ( 0 , ∞ ) . Furthermore, we show that σ x consists the properties lim x → 0 + σ x = 0 and lim x → ∞ σ x = 1 as well as λ x holds the properties lim x → 0 + λ x = ∞ and lim x → ∞ λ x = 0 .

This study investigated the impact of latent and maturation delay on the qualitative behaviour of a human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection model with nonlinear functional response and absorption effect. Basic reproduction number ( R 0), which is defined as the average number of infected cells produced by one infected cell after inserting it into a fully susceptible cell population is calculated for the proposed model. As Ro (threshold) depends on the negatively exponential function of time delay, these parameters are responsible to predict the future propagation behaviour of the infection. Therefore, for smaller positive values of delay and larger positive values of infection rate, the infection becomes chronic. Besides, infection dies out with larger delays and lower infection rates. To make the model biologically more sensible, we used the functional form of response function that plays an important role rather than the bilinear response function. Existence of equilibria and stability behaviour of the proposed model totally depend on Ro . Local stability properties of both infection free and chronic infection equilibria are established by utilising the characteristic equation. As it is crucially important to study the global behaviour at equilibria rather than the local behaviour, we used the method of Liapunov functional. By constructing suitable Liapunov functionals and applying LaSalle’s invariance principle for delay differential equations, we established that infection free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable if R 0 ≤ 1, which biologically means that infection dies out. Moreover, sufficient condition is derived for global stability of chronic infection equilibrium if R 0 > 1 , which biologically means that infection becomes chronic. Numerical simulations are given to illustrate the theoretical results. J.Natn.Sci.Foundation Sri Lanka 2015 43 (3):235-245