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Bifurcation of nontrivial periodic solutions for an impulsively controlled pest management model

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Bifurcation of nontrivial periodic solutions for an impulsively controlled pest management model
In this paper, we investigate the existence of nontrivial periodic solutions for an integrated pest management model which is impulsively controlled by means of biological and chemical controls used in a periodic fashion. For this model, a nonlinear incidence rate is employed to describe the transmission of the disease which is induced through the use of the biological control, while the chemical control is used with the same periodicity as the biological control, although not at the same time. Our problem is treated by means of an operator theoretic approach, being reduced first to a fixed point problem. It is then shown that once a threshold condition is reached, the trivial periodic solution loses its stability and a nontrivial periodic solution appears via a supercritical bifurcation. Key words: Nonlinear periodic solutions, bifurcation, impulsive controls, nonlinear infection rate, fixed point approach. 2000 MSC: 37G15, 34A37, 92D25, 92D40, 93D40
Paul Georgescu, Hong Zhang, Lansun Chen
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Type Journal
Year 2008
Where AMC
Authors Paul Georgescu, Hong Zhang, Lansun Chen
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