Analysis of stability and bifurcation of a SEIR epidemic model with nonlinear incidence
ZHANG Dao-xiang1,2, CAO Lei1
1.College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
2. College of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Abstract Considering the factor of hospital cure, an SEIR epidemic model with nonlinear incidence and nonlinear recovery rate is investigated. It is shown that the model exhibits two equilibria, namely, the disease-free equilibrium and the endemic equilibrium. A backward bifurcation leading to bistability possibly occurs. The global stability of the model is further studied by using the Lyapunov function. The corresponding results in literatures are improved and extended.
ZHANG Dao-xiang, CAO Lei. Analysis of stability and bifurcation of a SEIR epidemic model with nonlinear incidence. Applied Mathematics A Journal of Chinese Universities, 2015, 30(2): 157-164.