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Bistability in a SIRS model with general nonmonotone and saturated incidence rate

Populations and Evolution 2019-12-02 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a SIRS model with general nonmonotone and saturated incidence rate and perform stability and bifurcation analysis. We show that the system has saddle-node bifurcation and displays bistable behavior. We obtain the critical thresholds that characterize the dynamical behaviors of the model. We find with surprise that the system always admits a disease free equilibrium E0 which is always asymptotically stable. Numerical simulations are carried out to verify our results.

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@article{arxiv.1911.13002,
  title  = {Bistability in a SIRS model with general nonmonotone and saturated incidence rate},
  author = {Shaoli Wang and Xiyan Bai and Fei Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.13002},
  year   = {2019}
}

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8 pages, 3 figures