293 research outputs found
A fractional B-spline collocation method for the numerical solution of fractional predator-prey models
We present a collocation method based on fractional B-splines for the solution of fractional differential problems. The key-idea is to use the space generated by the fractional B-splines, i.e., piecewise polynomials of noninteger degree, as approximating space. Then, in the collocation step the fractional derivative of the approximating function is approximated accurately and efficiently by an exact differentiation rule that involves the generalized finite difference operator. To show the effectiveness of the method for the solution of nonlinear dynamical systems of fractional order, we solved the fractional Lotka-Volterra model and a fractional predator-pray model with variable coefficients. The numerical tests show that the method we proposed is accurate while keeping a low computational cost
Nonsensical models for quantum dots
We analyze a model proposed recently for the calculation of the energy of an
exciton in a quantum dot and show that the authors made a serious mistake in
the solution to the Schr\"{o}dinger equation
Activation of effector immune cells promotes tumor stochastic extinction: A homotopy analysis approach
In this article we provide homotopy solutions of a cancer nonlinear model
describing the dynamics of tumor cells in interaction with healthy and effector
immune cells. We apply a semi-analytic technique for solving strongly nonlinear
systems - the Step Homotopy Analysis Method (SHAM). This algorithm, based on a
modification of the standard homotopy analysis method (HAM), allows to obtain a
one-parameter family of explicit series solutions. By using the homotopy
solutions, we first investigate the dynamical effect of the activation of the
effector immune cells in the deterministic dynamics, showing that an increased
activation makes the system to enter into chaotic dynamics via a
period-doubling bifurcation scenario. Then, by adding demographic stochasticity
into the homotopy solutions, we show, as a difference from the deterministic
dynamics, that an increased activation of the immune cells facilitates cancer
clearance involving tumor cells extinction and healthy cells persistence. Our
results highlight the importance of therapies activating the effector immune
cells at early stages of cancer progression
Numerical Solution of Fuzzy Arbitrary Order Predator-Prey Equations
This paper seeks to investigate the numerical solution of fuzzy arbitrary order predator-prey equations using the Homotopy Perturbation Method (HPM). Fuzziness in the initial conditions is taken to mean convex normalised fuzzy sets viz. triangular fuzzy number. Comparisons are made between crisp solution given by others and fuzzy solution in special cases. The results obtained are depicted in plots and tables to demonstrate the efficacy and powerfulness of the methodology
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