Existence of two periodic solutions for a non-autonomous SIR epidemic model

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 382-391

  Bai, Zhenguo ^a   Zhou, Yicang ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coincidence degree; Periodic transmission rate; Positive periodic solutions; Stability

Indexed keywords

COINCIDENCE DEGREE; CONTINUATION THEOREM OF COINCIDENCE DEGREE THEORY; NONAUTONOMOUS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PERIODIC SOLUTION; PERIODIC TRANSMISSION; POSITIVE PERIODIC SOLUTION; REMOVAL RATE; SEASONALITY; SIR EPIDEMIC MODEL; SIR MODEL; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; THEORETICAL RESULT;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77955657332     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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