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. 2020 Dec 10;20:103673. doi: 10.1016/j.rinp.2020.103673

Numerical analysis of COVID-19 model with constant fractional order and variable fractal dimension

Badr Saad T Alkahtani a, Sonal Jain b,
PMCID: PMC7995183  PMID: 33786293

Abstract

This work has considered a mathematical model describing the spread of COVID-19 in a given population. The model comprised 5 systems of equations that take into account different classes describing the impact of COVID-19 in a given population. The time differential operator was replaced with three different types of nonlocal operators. These operators are defined as the convolution of variable order fractal differential operators with different kernels including power law, exponential decay law, and Mittag-Leffler functions. We presented the well-poseness of the models for different differential operators that were presented in detail. A novel numerical scheme was used to solve numerically the system and numerical simulations were provided.

Keywords: Keywords: COVID-19 model, Non-local operators, Well-poseness, Novel numerical scheme

Introduction

Differential operators with non-local characters have been noticed to be able to replicate several complexities occurring in nature in the last decades. One can mention among which fractional differential and integral operators with power law, exponential decay and Mittag–Leffler kernels on the other hand differential operators defined as convolution of power law, exponential decay and Mittag–Leffler kernels with fractal differential operator, these cases are called fractal-fractional operators[1], [2], [5], [10]. Finally fractal-fractional differential operators with variable fractal orders. These last one are considered to be adequate to modelling complex real world problems, for example real world problems with anomalous patterns could be replicated using variable order differential operators. These operators have been successfully applied in many academics disciplines, however much attention have not been devoted to epidemiologic models[3], [18], [15], [4], [12]. They could be very useful tools to modelling epidemiologic problems as the spread of some infectious diseases are anomalous therefore neither the classical differentiation nor fractional with constant can be applied in these cases. Very recently, the world have been surprised with an outbreak of a fatal disease called COVID-19, which was first observed in Wuhan, China, December 2019 [9], [7], [8]. From this time to 07 May 2020 the disease has infected 3836183, the total number of deaths from COVID-19 is about 265 364 of course this number is for those registered or declared by each nation around the globe. However, 1307 608 have been recovered. The exponential spread of this disease leads humans no choice than to undertake serious researchers activities in all field of science. In applied mathematics, many new mathematical models have been suggested, some including fractional differential and fractal fractional operators. In this paper, we aim to revert the model suggested by Shafiq and Atangana using the fractal-fractional with variable fractal-order[4], [19]. One of the major concern of differential operators with variable orders is perhaps their solvability as analytical methods cannot be used to provide their exact solutions. Thus, numerical methods are adequate to providing approximate solutions to such models. In the last decades, many numerical methods have been provided all with their advantages and limitations. In the case of nonlinear equations, it is known that the Adams–Bashforth is powerful numerical scheme to provide approximate solutions of nonlinear equations [13], [11], [16], [17], [19]. However, the case with fractional differential has some limitation thus, Atangana and Toufit [20] suggested an alternative efficient numerical scheme to be used, and the method has been used in various nonlinear equations arising in many fields of science, engineering and technology. In this paper, we aim at using such scheme to solve the model of COVID-19 suggested by Altaf and Atangana [14], where the time derivative is reverted to fractal-fractional with fractal variable order. The paper is organized as follow, we start with the model description, then, the well-poseness of the model is presented in the case of fractal-fractional with variable order fractal and finally numerical analysis for different cases.

Definition 0.1

A discontinuous media can be described by fractal dimensions. Chen et al. suggested a fractal derivative defined as [6]:

u(x,t)t1ϑ=limtt1u(x,t)-u(x,t1)tϑ-t1ϑ,ϑ>0 (1.1)

The more generalized version is given as:

u(x,t)t1ϑ=limtt1uξ(x,t)-uξ(x,t1)tϑ-t1ϑ,ϑ>0 (1.2)

Definition 0.2

[6] If u(t) is continuous is an closed interval [a,b], then the fractal integral of u with order ϑ is defined as:

FaItϑu(x,t)=ϑ0tτϑ-1u(x,τ)dτϑ>0 (3)

Definition 0.3

[14] Let f be a differentiable function. Let ϑ be a constant fractional order, such that 0<ϑ1. Let ξ(t) be continuous function ξ(t)>0. then a fractional derivative of f with order ϑ and fractal dimension ξ(t) is defined as

FFP0Itϑ,ξ(t)f(t)=1Γ(1-ϑ)ddtξ(t)0tt-τ-ϑf(τ)dτ (4)

where

dϕ(t)dtξ(t)=limtt1ϕ(t)-ϕ(t1)tξ(t)-t1ξ(t1). (5)

The above definition is with power law kernel. With exponential kernel we have

FFP0Itϑ,ξ(t)f(t)=M(ϑ)Γ(1-ϑ)ddtξ(t)0tf(τ)e-ϑ1-ϑ(t-τ)dτ, (6)

with Mittag-Leffer Law, we have

FFM0Itϑ,ξ(t)f(t)=AB(ϑ)Γ(1-ϑ)ddtξ(t)0tf(τ)Eϑ-ϑ1-ϑ(t-τ)ϑdτ, (7)

Corollary 0.1

[14] If ξ(t) is differentiable then

limtt1f(t)-f(t1)tξ(t)-t1ξ(t1)1ξ(t1)lnt1+ξ(t1)t1. (8)

Definition 0.4

[14] The fractional integral operators associate to the suggested differential operators are given as: For power law we have

FFP0Jtϑ,ξ(t)f(t)=1Γ(ϑ)ddtξ(t)0t(t-τ)ϑ-1f(τ)×ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)ττξ(τ)dτ. (9)

For exponential decay law, we have

FFE0Jtϑ,ξ(t)f(t)=1-ϑM(ϑ)ξ(t1)lnt1+ξ(t1)t1f(t)+ϑM(ϑ)0tf(τ)ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)ττξ(τ)dτ, (10)

For Mittag–Leffler law we have

FFM0Jtϑ,ξ(t)f(t)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)tξ(t)ξ(t)lnt+ξ(t)tf(t)+ϑAB(ϑ)Γ(ϑ)0t(t-τ)ϑ-1f(τ)×ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)ττξ(τ)dτ, (11)

Model description

The total population of people is denoted by Np which is classified further into five subgroups such as Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap and Rp which represent respectively, the susceptible, exposed, infected (symptomatic), asymptotically infected, and the recovered or the removed people. Considering that the 2019-nCoV can be imported in short time to the seafood market with enough source of virus and thus, without loss of generality, ignoring of the interaction among bats and hosts, then model can be represent to the system below:

dSpdt=λp-μpSp-ηpSp(Ip+ψAp)Np-ηwSpM,dEpdt=ηpSp(Ip+ψpAp)Np+ηwSpM-(1-θp)ωpEp-θpρpEp-μpEp,dIpdt=(1-θp)ωpEp-(τp+μp)Ip,dApdt=θpρpEp-(τap+μp)Ap,dRpdt=τpIp+(τapAp)-μpRp,dMdt=ϱpIp+ϖpAp-πM, (2.1)

with the initial conditions

Sp(0)=Sp(0)0,Ep(0)=Ep(0)0,Ip(0)=Ip(0)0,Ap(0)=Ap(0)0,Rp(0)=Rp(0)0,M(0)=M(0)0. (2.2)

The total dynamics of the people can be obtained by adding the first five equations of the model 2.1, given by

dNpdt=λp-μpNp. (2.3)

The feasible reason of the model 2.1 is given by

ω=(Sp(t),Ep(t),Ip(t),Ap(t),Rp(t))R+5:Np(t)λpμp,MR+:λpμpρp+ϖpπ (2.4)

The birth and natural death rate of the people is given by the parameters πp and μp respectively. The susceptible people Sp will be infected through sufficient contacts with the infected people Ip through the term given by ηpSpIp where the ηp is the disease transmission coefficient[14]. The transmission among the asymptotically infected people with health people could take place at form ψηpSpAp, where ψ the transmissibility multiple of Ap to that Ip and ψ[0,1], when psi=0, no transmissibility multiple will exists and hence vanish, and if ψ=1, then the same will take place like Ip infection. The parameter θp is the proportion of asymptomatic infection. The parameters ωp and ρp respectively represent the transmission rate after completing the incubation period and becomes infected, joining the class Ip and Ap. The people in the symptomatic class Ip and asymptomatic class Ap joining these class Rp with the removal or recovery rate respectively by τp and τap. The class M which is denoted be the reservoir or the seafood place or market. The susceptible people infected after the interaction with M, given by ηwMSp, where ηw is the disease transmission coefficient from M to Sp. The parameters ϱp and ϖp of the infected symptomatic and asymptotically infected respectively contributing the virus into the seafood market M. The removing rate of the virus from the seafood market M is given by the rate π.

So we can write this model in the fractal fractional differentiation sense as follows:

FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Sp=λp-μpSp-ηpSp(Ip+ψAp)Np-ηwSpM,FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ep=ηpSp(Ip+ψpAp)Np+ηwSpM-(1-θp)ωpEp-θpρpEp-μpEp,FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ip=(1-θp)ωpEp-(τp+μp)Ip,FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ap=θpρpEp-(τap+μp)Ap,FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Rp=τpIp+(τapAp)-μpRp,FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)M=ϱpIp+ϖpAp-πM, (2.5)

with the initial conditions

Sp(0)=Sp(0)0,Ep(0)=Ep(0)0,Ip(0)=Ip(0)0,Ap(0)=Ap(0)0,Rp(0)=Rp(0)0,M(0)=M(0)0. (2.6)

Positiveness of systems solutions for three cases

we now present that for each case of Sp(0),Ep(0),Ip(0),Ap(0),Rp(0) and M(0) are positive then the solution are also positives. We shall start with power law case: To do this, we define the following norm,

f=suptDf|f(t)| (2.7)

we suppose that the all the classes constituting function of time have the same sign, therefore any product of the classes is positive.

FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ep=ηpSp(Ip+ψpAp)Np+ηwSpM-(1-θp)ωpEp-θpρpEp-μpEp, (3.1)

from the hypothesis

ηpSp(Ip+ψpAp)Np>0

and ηwSpM>0 then

FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ep(t)-(1-θp)ωp+θpρp+μpEp(t) (3.2)

Thus

FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ep(t)-tξ(t)ξ(t)ln(t)+ξ(t)t(1-θp)ωp+θpρp+μpEp(t)t0 (3.3)
FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ep(t)-t|ξ(t)||ξ(t)|ln(t)+|ξ(t)|t(1-θp)ωp+θpρp+μpEp(t)-tsuptDf|ξ(t)|suptDf|ξ(t)|ln(t)+suptDf|ξ(t)|t(1-θp)ωp+θpρp+μpEp(t)-tξξln(t)+ξt(1-θp)ωp+θpρp+μpEp(t)-MEp(t) (3.4)

where M=bξξln(b)+ξb(1-θp)ωp+θpρp+μp

Ep(t)Ep(0)Eϑ[-Mtϑ] (3.5)
FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Sp(t)-μp-ηp(Ip+ψAp)Np-ηwMSp(t),t>0-μp-ηp(Ip+ψAp)Np-ηwMSp(t),t>0-M1Sp(t) (3.6)
FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Sp(t)-M1bξξln(b)+ξbSp(t) (3.7)

Thus

Sp(t)Sp(0)Eϑ-M1bξξln(b)+ξbtϑ (3.8)

since t0 Ep(t) and Sp(t) are positive.

FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ip(t)-(τp+μp)Ip(t), (3.9)

thus

Ip(t)Ip(0)Eϑ-(τp+μp)bξξln(b)+ξbtϑ (3.10)

Also

Ap(t)Ap(0)Eϑ(τap+μp)bξξln(b)+ξbtϑ (3.11)
Rp(t)Rp(0)Eϑ-μpbξξln(b)+ξbtϑ (3.12)

and finally

M(t)M(0)Eϑ-πbξξln(b)+ξbtϑ, (3.13)

we consider the case with exponential decay law

FFE0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ep(t)-(1-θp)ωp-θpρp-μpEp(t),-tξ(t)ξ(t)ln(t)+ξ(t)t(1-θp)ωp+θpρp+μpEp(t)t0-bξξln(b)+ξb(1-θp)ωp+θpρp+μpEp(t) (3.14)

Thus

Ep(t)Ep(0)exp-ϑΛ1tM(ϑ)-(1-ϑ)Λ1 (3.15)

here

Λp=bξξln(b)+ξb(1-θp)ωp+θpρp+μp
FFE0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Sp(t)-M1Sp(t) (3.16)
FFE0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Sp(t)-M1bξξln(b)+ξbSp(t)-Λ2Sp(t) (3.17)

Then

Sp(t)Sp(0)exp-ϑΛ2tM(ϑ)-(1-ϑ)Λ2 (3.18)

Also

Ip(t)Ip(0)exp-ϑΛ3tM(ϑ)-(1-ϑ)Λ3 (3.19)
Ap(t)Ap(0)exp-ϑΛ4tM(ϑ)-(1-ϑ)Λ4 (3.20)
Rp(t)Rp(0)expϑΛ5tM(ϑ)-(1-ϑ)Λ5 (3.21)

and

M(t)M(0)exp-ϑΛ6tM(ϑ)-(1-ϑ)Λ6 (3.22)

where

Λ2=M1bξξln(b)+ξb
Λ3=(τp+μp)bξξln(b)+ξb
Λ4=(τap+μp)bξξln(b)+ξb
Λ5=μpbξξln(b)+ξb

Now we consider the case with the generalized Mittag-Leffler Kernel with same hypothesis, we have

FFM0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ep(t)-(1-θp)ωp-θpρp-μpEp(t),-tξ(t)ξ(t)ln(t)+ξ(t)t(1-θp)ωp+θpρp+μpEp(t)t0-Λ1Ep(t) (3.23)
Ep(t)Ep(0)Eϑ-Λ1ϑtϑAB(ϑ)-(1-ϑ)Λ1 (3.24)

Then following the same continue

Sp(t)Sp(0)Eϑ-Λ2ϑtϑAB(ϑ)-(1-ϑ)Λ2 (3.25)
Ip(t)Ip(0)Eϑ-Λ3ϑtϑAB(ϑ)-(1-ϑ)Λ3 (3.26)
Ap(t)Ap(0)Eϑ-Λ4ϑtϑAB(ϑ)-(1-ϑ)Λ4 (3.27)
Rp(t)Rp(0)Eϑ-Λ5ϑtϑAB(ϑ)-(1-ϑ)Λ5 (3.28)
MM(0)Eϑ-Λ6ϑtϑAB(ϑ)-(1-ϑ)Λ6 (3.29)

Numerical approximation

Recently Atangana and Shafiq [4], [19] suggested an alternative numerical scheme for solving fractal fractional differential equation. So in this section we can solve this method by using that numerical scheme as follows:

Let us consider the following cauchy problem

FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)y(t)=f(t,y(t))) (4.1)
y(t)=1Γ(ϑ)0t(t-τ)ϑ-1f(t,y(τ))τξ(τ)ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)τdτ, (4.2)

at the given point tm+1, here we chose m = 0,1,2,, then the above equation can be written as

y(tm+1)=1Γ(ϑ)0tm+1(tm+1-τ)ϑ-1f(t,y(τ))τξ(τ)ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)τdτ, (4.3)
ym+1=1Γ(ϑ)j=0mtjtj+1(tm+1-τ)ϑ-1f(t,y(τ))τξ(τ)ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)τdτ, (4.4)

For simplicity we consider

F(t,y(t))=f(t,y(t))tξ(t)ξ(t)ln(t)+ξ(t)t, (4.5)
ym+1=1Γ(ϑ)j=0mtjtj+1(tm+1-τ)ϑ-1F(τ,y(τ))dτ. (4.6)

within [tj,tj+1], we can apply the Lagrange polynomial interpolation, Thus within this interval, we approximate

F(t,y(t))t-tj-1tj-tj-1F(tj,y(tj))-t-tj-1tj-tj-1F(tj-1,y(tj-1)) (4.7)

Then replacing above in original equation, we obtain

ym+1=1Γ(ϑ)j=0mtjtj+1(tm+1-τ)ϑ-1τ-tj-1tj-tj-1F(tj,y(tj))-t-tjtj-tj-1F(tj-1y(tj-1))dτ. (4.8)

As given in the Atangana and Toufik [20], the above equation can be reformulated as after integration

ym+1=j=0m(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)F(tj,yj)(m+1-j)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+2+2ϑ)(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)F(tj-1,yj-1)(m+1-j)ϑ+1-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ), (4.9)

replacing F(tj,y(tj)) and F(tj-1),y(tj-1) by their respective values, we obtain

yn+1=(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)j=0mf(tj,y(tj))tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1-ξ(tj))Δtlntj+ξ(tj)tj×(m+1-j)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+2+2ϑ)-f(tj-1),y(tj-1)tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj-ξ(tj-1))Δtlntj-1+ξ(tj-1)tj-1×(m+1-j)ϑ+1-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ), (4.10)

So for applying the procedure in (4.10), our model taking the shape below:

FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Sp=S1(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M)FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ep=S2(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M)FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ip=S3(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M),FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ap=S4(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M),FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Rp=S5(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M)FFP0Dtϑ,ξ(t)M=S6(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M) (4.11)

Now for finding the numerical solution of fractional model based on the fractal fractional power law derivative. For the Eq. (2.5) we get the solution

Sp(tn+1)=(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)j=0mS1(tj,Sp(tj))tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1-ξ(tj))Δtlntj+ξ(tj)tj×(m+1-j)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+2+2ϑ)-fS1(tj-1,Sp(tj-1))tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj-ξ(tj-1))Δtlntj-1+ξ(tj-1)tj-1×(m+1-j)ϑ+1-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ), (4.12)
Ep(tn+1)=(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)j=0mS2(tj,Ep(tj))tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1-ξ(tj))Δtlntj+ξ(tj)tj×(m+1-j)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+2+2ϑ)-fS2(tj-1,Ep(tj-1))tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj-ξ(tj-1))Δtlntj-1+ξ(tj-1)tj-1×(m+1-j)ϑ+1-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ), (4.13)
Ip(tn+1)=(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)j=0mS3(tj,Ip(tj))tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1-ξ(tj))Δtlntj+ξ(tj)tj×(m+1-j)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+2+2ϑ)-fI1(tj-1,S3(tj-1))tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj-ξ(tj-1))Δtlntj-1+ξ(tj-1)tj-1×(m+1-j)ϑ+1-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ), (4.14)
Ap(tn+1)=(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)j=0mS4(tj,Ap(tj))tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1-ξ(tj))Δtlntj+ξ(tj)tj×(m+1-j)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+2+2ϑ)-fS4(tj-1,Ap(tj-1))tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj-ξ(tj-1))Δtlntj-1+ξ(tj-1)tj-1×(m+1-j)ϑ+1-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ), (4.15)
Rp(tn+1)=(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)j=0mS5(tj,Rp(tj))tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1-ξ(tj))Δtlntj+ξ(tj)tj×(m+1-j)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+2+2ϑ)-fS5(tj-1,Rp(tj-1))tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj-ξ(tj-1))Δtlntj-1+ξ(tj-1)tj-1×(m+1-j)ϑ+1-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ), (4.16)
M(tn+1)=(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)j=0mS6(tj,M(tj))tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1-ξ(tj))Δtlntj+ξ(tj)tj×(m+1-j)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+2+2ϑ)-fS6(tj-1,M(tj-1))tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj-ξ(tj-1))Δtlntj-1+ξ(tj-1)tj-1×(m+1-j)ϑ+1-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ), (4.17)

We next consider the corresponding Cauchy with exponential decay kernel.

FFE0Dtϑ,ξ(t)y(t)=f(t,y(t))y(0)=y0 (4.18)

The corresponding Volterra type is given by

y(t)=(1-ϑ)M(ϑ)f(t,y(t))tξ(t)ξ(t)ln(t)+ξ(t)tϑM(ϑ)0tf(τ,y(τ))τξ(τ)ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)τdτ, (4.19)

So at t=tm+1, we have

y(tm+1)=(1-ϑ)M(ϑ)f(tm,y(tm))tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtln(t)tm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1ϑM(ϑ)0tm+1f(τ,y(τ))τξ(τ)ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)τdτ, (4.20)

at tm=t, we have

y(tm)=(1-ϑ)M(ϑ)f(tm-1,y(tm-1))tmξ(tm)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtln(t)tm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1ϑM(ϑ)0tmf(τ,y(τ))τξ(τ)ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)τdτ, (4.21)

Therefore

ym+1-ym=(1-ϑ)M(ϑ)f(tm,y(tm))tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1-f(tm-1,y(tm-1))-tmξ(tm)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1+ϑM(ϑ)tmtm+1f(τ,y(τ))τξ(τ)ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)τdτ, (4.22)

Now using the procedure by Adams Bashforth, we obtain

ym+1-ym=(1-ϑ)M(ϑ)f(tm,y(tm))tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1-f(tm-1,y(tm-1))-tmξ(tm)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1+32Δtf(tm,ym)tmξ(tm)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+ξ(tm)tm-Δt2f(tm-1,ym-1)tm-1ξ(tm-1)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm-1)tm-1 (4.23)

so our model can be written in exponential law form as

FFE0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Sp=S1(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M)FFE0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ep=S2(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M)FFE0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ip=S3(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M),FFE0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ap=S4(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M),FFE0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Rp=S5(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M)FFE0Dtϑ,ξ(t)M=S6(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M) (4.24)

so we can solve the (2.5) equation numerically with constant fractional order and variable fractal dimension (see [14]) by using above solution and get

Sp(tm+1)-S(tm)=(1-ϑ)M(ϑ)S1tm,Sp(tm)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1-S1tm-1,Sp(tm-1)-tmξ(tm)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1+32ΔtS1tm,Sp(tm)tmξ(tm)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+ξ(tm)tm-Δt2S1tm-1,Sp(tm-1)tm-1ξ(tm-1)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm-1)tm-1 (4.25)
Ep(tm+1)-E(tm)=(1-ϑ)M(ϑ)S2tm,Ep(tm)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1-S2tm-1,Ep(tm-1)-tmξ(tm)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1+32ΔtS2tm,Ep(tm)tmξ(tm)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+ξ(tm)tm-Δt2S2tm-1,Ep(tm-1)tm-1ξ(tm-1)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm-1)tm-1 (4.26)
Ip(tm+1)-I(tm)=(1-ϑ)M(ϑ)S3tm,Ip(tm)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1-S3tm-1,Ip(tm-1)-tmξ(tm)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1+32ΔtS3tm,Ip(tm)tmξ(tm)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+ξ(tm)tm-Δt2S3tm-1,Ip(tm-1)tm-1ξ(tm-1)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm-1)tm-1 (4.27)
Ap(tm+1)-A(tm)=(1-ϑ)M(ϑ)S4tm,Ap(tm)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1-S4tm-1,Ap(tm-1)-tmξ(tm)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1+32ΔtS4tm,Ap(tm)tmξ(tm)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+ξ(tm)tm-Δt2S4tm-1,Ap(tm-1)tm-1ξ(tm-1)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm-1)tm-1 (4.28)
Rp(tm+1)-R(tm)=(1-ϑ)M(ϑ)S5tm,Rp(tm)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1-S5tm-1,Rp(tm-1)-tmξ(tm)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1+32ΔtS5tm,Rp(tm)tmξ(tm)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+ξ(tm)tm-Δt2S5tm-1,Rp(tm-1)tm-1ξ(tm-1)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm-1)tm-1 (4.29)
M(tm+1)-M(tm)=(1-ϑ)M(ϑ)S6tm,M(tm)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1-S6tm-1,M(tm-1)-tmξ(tm)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm+1)tm+1+32ΔtS6tm,M(tm)tmξ(tm)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtlntm+ξ(tm)tm-Δt2S6tm-1,M(tm-1)tm-1ξ(tm-1)ξ(tm)-ξ(tm-1)Δtlntm+1+ξ(tm-1)tm-1 (4.30)

The existence and uniqueness of this solution is given in the paper Atangana and Shafiq.

Now we consider the case of Mittag Leffler Kernel.

FFM0Dtϑ,ξ(t)y(t)=f(t,y(t))y(0)=y0 (4.31)

Using the corresponding integral operator we convert the above equation as

y(t)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)f(t,y(t))tξ(t)ξ(t)ln(t)+ξ(t)t+ϑΓ(ϑ)AB(ϑ)0t(t-τ)ϑ-1τξ(t)ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)τy(0)=y0 (4.32)

So we consider the following general nonlinear equation

y(t)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)tξ(t)ξ(t)ln(t)+ξ(t)tf(t,y(t))+ϑΓ(ϑ)AB(ϑ)0t(t-τ)ϑ-1τξ(τ)ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)τf(τ,y(τ))dτ, (4.33)

at tm+1 we have

y(tm+1)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtln(tm+1)+ξ(tm+1)tm+1f(tm,y(tm))+ϑΓ(ϑ)AB(ϑ)0t(tm+1-τ)ϑ-1τξ(τ)ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)τf(τ,y(τ))dτ, (4.34)

For simplicity, we put

g(τ,y(τ))=τξ(τ)ξ(τ)ln(τ)+ξ(τ)τf(τ,y(τ)), (4.35)

then

y(tm+1)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtln(tm+1)+ξ(tm+1)tm+1f(tm,y(tm))+ϑΓ(ϑ)AB(ϑ)0t(tm+1-τ)ϑ-1g(τ,y(τ))dτ (4.36)
y(tm+1)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtln(tm+1)+ξ(tm+1)tm+1f(tm,y(tm))+ϑΓ(ϑ)AB(ϑ)j=0mtjtj+1(tm+1-τ)ϑ-1g(τ,y(τ))dτ (4.37)

we approximate g(τ,y(τ)) within the interval [tj,tj+1]

qj(τ)=τ-tj-1tj-tj-1g(tj,yj)-τ-tjtj-tj-1g(tj-1,y(tj-1))=g(tj,yj)h(τ-tj-1)-g(tj-1),y(tj-1)h(τ-tj), (4.38)

replacing g(τ,y(τ))qj(τ) by its value and integrating, we obtain

(tm+1)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtln(tm+1)+ξ(tm+1)tm+1f(tm,y(tm))+ϑΓ(ϑ)AB(ϑ)j=0m(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)g(tj,yj)×(m-j+1)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(n-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ)(Δt)ϑγ(ϑ+2)g(tj-1,yj-1)(m-j+1)ϑ+1-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ). (4.39)

Now replacing

g(tj,yj)=tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1)-ξ(tj)Δtln(tj)+ξ(tj)tjf(tj,y(tj)) (4.40)
g(tj-1,yj-1)=tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj)-ξ(tj-1)Δtln(tj-1)+ξ(tj-1)tj-1f(tj-1,y(tj-1)) (4.41)
y(tn+1)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtln(tm+1)+ξ(tm+1)tm+1f(tm,y(tm))+ϑΓ(ϑ)AB(ϑ)j=0m(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1)-ξ(tj)Δtln(tj)+ξ(tj)tjf(tj,yj)×(m-j+1)α(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ)-(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj)-ξ(tj-1)Δtln(tj-1)+ξ(tj-1)tj-1f(tj-1,yj-1)×(m-j+1)ϑ+1-(n-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ). (4.42)

so our model can be written in exponential law form as

FFM0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Sp=S1(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M)FFM0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ep=S2(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M)FFM0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ip=S3(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M),FFM0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Ap=S4(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M),FFM0Dtϑ,ξ(t)Rp=S5(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M)FFM0Dtϑ,ξ(t)M=S6(t,Sp,Ep,Ip,Ap,Rp,M) (4.43)

so we can solve the (2.5) equation numerically with constant fractional order and variable fractal dimension by using above solution and get

Sp(tn+1)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtln(tm+1)+ξ(tm+1)tm+1S1tm,Sp(tm)+ϑΓ(ϑ)AB(ϑ)j=0m(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1)-ξ(tj)Δtln(tj)+ξ(tj)tjS1tj,Sp(tj)×(m-j+1)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ)-(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj)-ξ(tj-1)Δtln(tj-1)+ξ(tj-1)tj-1S1tj-1,Sp(tj-1)×(m-j+1)ϑ+1-(n-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ). (4.44)
Ep(tn+1)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtln(tm+1)+ξ(tm+1)tm+1S2tm,Ep(tm)+ϑΓ(ϑ)AB(ϑ)j=0m(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1)-ξ(tj)Δtln(tj)+ξ(tj)tjS2tj,Ep(tj)×(m-j+1)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ)-(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj)-ξ(tj-1)Δtln(tj-1)+ξ(tj-1)tj-1S2tj-1,Ep(tj-1)×(m-j+1)ϑ+1-(n-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ). (4.45)
Ip(tn+1)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtln(tm+1)+ξ(tm+1)tm+1S3tm,Ip(tm)+ϑΓ(ϑ)AB(ϑ)j=0m(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1)-ξ(tj)Δtln(tj)+ξ(tj)tjS3tj,Ip(tj)×(m-j+1)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ)-(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj)-ξ(tj-1)Δtln(tj-1)+ξ(tj-1)tj-1S3tj-1,Ip(tj-1)×(m-j+1)ϑ+1-(n-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ). (4.46)
Ap(tn+1)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtln(tm+1)+ξ(tm+1)tm+1S4tm,Ap(tm)+ϑΓ(ϑ)AB(ϑ)j=0m(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1)-ξ(tj)Δtln(tj)+ξ(tj)tjS4tj,Ap(tj)×(m-j+1)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ)-(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj)-ξ(tj-1)Δtln(tj-1)+ξ(tj-1)tj-1S4tj-1,Ap(tj-1)×(m-j+1)ϑ+1-(n-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ). (4.47)
Rp(tn+1)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtln(tm+1)+ξ(tm+1)tm+1S5tm,Rp(tm)+ϑΓ(ϑ)AB(ϑ)j=0m(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1)-ξ(tj)Δtln(tj)+ξ(tj)tjS5tj,Rp(tj)×(m-j+1)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ)-(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj)-ξ(tj-1)Δtln(tj-1)+ξ(tj-1)tj-1S5tj-1,Rp(tj-1)×(m-j+1)ϑ+1-(n-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ). (4.48)
M(tn+1)=1-ϑAB(ϑ)tm+1ξ(tm+1)ξ(tm+1)-ξ(tm)Δtln(tm+1)+ξ(tm+1)tm+1S6tm,M(tm)+ϑΓ(ϑ)AB(ϑ)j=0m(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tjξ(tj)ξ(tj+1)-ξ(tj)Δtln(tj)+ξ(tj)tjS6tj,M(tj)×(m-j+1)ϑ(m-j+2+ϑ)-(m-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ)-(Δt)ϑΓ(ϑ+2)tj-1ξ(tj-1)ξ(tj)-ξ(tj-1)Δtln(tj-1)+ξ(tj-1)tj-1S6tj-1,M(tj-1)×(m-j+1)ϑ+1-(n-j)ϑ(m-j+1+ϑ). (4.49)

Graphical simulation

In this section, using the obtained numerical solutions we present in this section numerical simulation for various fractional order and variable fractal order. The numerical simulations are depicted in Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 6, Fig. 7 .

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Numerical solution for ϑ=0.4.

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Numerical solution for ϑ=0.5.

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Numerical solution for ϑ=0.6.

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Numerical solution for ϑ=0.7.

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Numerical solution for ϑ=0.8.

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6

Numerical solution for ϑ=0.9.

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

Numerical solution for ϑ=1.

Conclusion

Mathematical models with non local variable orders operators have been known to replicate sometime accurately as they are able to include into mathematical model real representation of complex patterns observed in nature. However, mathematical models depicted with such different and integral operators cannot be solved analytically due to highly non linearity of the operators. To have a solution of such model only numerical approximations are useful. In this paper a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations with non local variable order operators were considered. The system describe the spread of COVID-19 in a given population. Numerical schemes based on Lagrange polynomial was used to derive numerical solutions for three cases, numerical simulations were depicted for different values of frac.

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Acknowlegement

The authors extend their appreciation to the Deputyship for Research & Innovation, “Ministry of Education” in Saudi Arabia for funding this research work through the project number IFKSURG-1437-017.

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