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. 2022 Feb 2;5:100282. doi: 10.1016/j.padiff.2022.100282

Stability analysis and Hopf bifurcation in fractional order SEIRV epidemic model with a time delay in infected individuals

Animesh Mahata a,, Subrata Paul b, Supriya Mukherjee c, Banamali Roy d
PMCID: PMC8809664  PMID: 37521808

Abstract

Infectious diseases have been a constant cause of disaster in human population. Simultaneously, it provides motivation for math and biology professionals to research and analyze the systems that drive such illnesses in order to predict their long-term spread and management. During the spread of such diseases several kinds of delay come into play, owing to changes in their dynamics. Here, we have studied a fractional order dynamical system of susceptible, exposed, infected, recovered and vaccinated population with a single delay incorporated in the infectious population accounting for the time period required by the said population to recover. We have employed Adam–Bashforth–Moulton technique for deriving numerical solutions to the model system. The stability of all equilibrium points has been analyzed with respect to the delay parameter. Utilizing actual data from India COVID-19 instances, the parameters of the fractional order SEIRV model were calculated. Graphical demonstration and numerical simulations have been done with the help of MATLAB (2018a). Threshold values of the time delay parameter have been found beyond which the system exhibits Hopf bifurcation and the solutions are no longer periodic.

Keywords: Fractional-order SEIRV model, Stability, Hopf bifurcation, Adam–Bashforth​ method, Numerical study

1. Introduction

Vaccination is one of the most effective measures in the prevention and control of highly contagious diseases like chicken pox, small pox, HIV, SARS, Swine flu, polio etc. It has been proved that vaccination may be considered as a key component in the anti-spread drive of such diseases. Among other measures, complete lockdown, semi lockdown, rationing, improvement of health services etc. may be mentioned. Considering the formidable challenge posed by the social, cultural, economic, demographic and geographical impact of such diseases on human population, it becomes necessary to discover methods of their prevention. From the inception of viral invasion into human community, scientists have constantly made efforts in the study of causes of newly infected cases of susceptible and exposed population, and the effect of vaccination on recovered population. Mathematical modeling of these epidemic diseases is very common in the related research where in the total population is primarily compartmentalized into the susceptible individuals (S), the exposed individuals (E), the infected individuals (I) and the recovered individuals (R). Another compartment of the population is considered to be the vaccinated individuals (V). The dynamics of these variables are widely studied using integral order differential equations.[1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8] In this communication, we have considered the Caputo derivative of order 0<ν1 which is a special type of fractional order derivative to study the behavior of the spread of COVID-19 disease. Recently, an extensive investigation is being carried out to study the spread and prevention of corona virus disease which is reported to have a high fatality rate.[9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21] Kuang22 presents delay logistic equations, which are particularly applicable to epidemic systems. Mathematical models of epidemic systems with delay are discussed by Brauer and Chavez23. Xu et al.24 explore the effect of numerous time delays on fractional-order neural network bifurcation. For even more published articles, see Refs. [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30] Since it is quite natural that the infected population will take some time to recover, here, we have considered a single time delay in the infected population.

1.1. Motivation and novelties of the work

Fractional derivatives are an effective tool for understanding memory and inheritance in a variety of systems and situations. The essential information of a function is preserved in stacked format by fractional calculus. To study the dynamics of disease transmission, fractional-order modeling has been applied. Furthermore, whereas fractional derivative is not local, integer-order differentiation is. This tendency is beneficial in the modeling of epidemics. The Caputo derivative is extremely useful for discussing real-world situations since it enables conventional initial and boundary conditions to be used in the derivation, and the derivation of a constant is zero, which is not the fact with the Riemann–Liouville derivative. Epidemic models with time delay are more effective and realistic. Immunity period delays, infection period delays, latent period delays, and other delays are all frequent. Therefore, investigation of the role of delay is vital in the dynamics of epidemic models. Liu31 introduced a delayed SEIS epidemic system and investigated the Hopf bifurcation by employing the time delay produced by the infected population’s cure period as the bifurcation parameter. Delay Differential Equations of epidemic models are also discussed in Refs. [32], [33], [34], [35], [36], [37], [38], [39], [40]. Motivated by early research, we explore the study of the disease’s impact using an appropriate mathematical model [SEIRV model] in terms of the Caputo derivatives of the dynamical variables with a single delay parameter.

The objectives of the current work are:

  • To investigate the stability of a time-delayed fractional order SEIRV model.

  • The basic reproduction number as well as the points of equilibrium are determined.

  • Existence of Hopf bifurcation at interior equilibrium point.

  • To obtain a numerical solution, the Adam–Bashforth–Moulton​ predictor–corrector technique is used.

1.2. Structure of the article

The construction of the SEIRV model, as well as the establishing of non-negativity and boundedness of the solution and the calculation of the basic reproduction number, are all covered in Section 2. Section 3 comprises of the stability analysis of equilibrium points. Section 4 consists of the numerical solution of the model using Adam–Bashforth–Moulton method. Numerical Simulation using MATLAB is presented in Section 5. Section 6 consists of the conclusion.

2. Formulation

The total population (N) is compartmentalized into five classes, namely, the susceptible individuals (S), the exposed individuals (E), the infected individuals (I), the recovered individuals (R) and the vaccinated individuals (V) at any time t0. Thus

Nt=St+Et+It+Rt+Vt. (2.1)

Fig. 1 depicts a flow diagram of the proposed SEIRV model with vaccination.

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Diagrammatic representation of the SEIRV model.

The Caputo fractional derivative[41], [42], [43], [44], [45] of order 0<ν1 is defined as

Definition 1

A function h:R+R with fractional order 0<ν1, is defined as

CItνht=1Γν0t(tp)ν1hpdp, (2.2)

here the Gamma function is denoted by Γ.

Definition 2

The Caputo derivative of order 0<ν1, is defined as

CItνht=InνDtνht=1Γnν0t(tp)nν1dndpnhpdp, (2.3)

where n1<ν<n.

Definition 3

Let hCa,b,a<b. The fractional derivative in Caputo sense or order 0<ν1 is defined as

CDtνht=M(ν)(1ν)athpexpν(tp)1νdp, (2.4)

where the normalization function is denoted by Mν with M0=M1=1.

Definition 4

The Laplace transform for the fractional operator of order 0<ν1 is defined as

L(CDtν)ht=pνLhti=0k1pνi1hi0,k1<νkN. (2.5)

Definition 5

One-parametric and two-parametric Mittag-Leffler functions are described as follows: Ea1p=i=0piΓa1i+1 and Ea1,a2p=i=0piΓa1i+a2 where a1,a2R+.

Definition 6

For a1,a2R+ and An×n where denotes complex plane, then

Lta21Ea1,a2(Ata1)=pa1a2pa1A,whereEa1,a2:Mittag-Leffler function. (2.6)

Lemma 1

Consider the following fractional order system:

CDtνYt=ΦY,Yt0=yt01,yt02,,yt0n,yt0j,j=1,2,,n

with 0<ν<1,Yt=(y1t,y2t,,ynt) and ΦY:t0,Rn×n . For ΦY=0 , we get all the equilibrium points. These equilibrium points are locally asymptotically stable iff each eigen value λj of the Jacobian matrix JY=(Φ1,Φ2,,Φn)(y1,y2,,yn) calculated at the equilibrium points satisfies |argλj|>νπ2 .

Lemma 2

Let htR+ be a differentiable function. Then, for any t>0 ,

CDtνhthhlnh(t)h1hh(t)CDtνht,hR+,ν0,1.

The integral order SEIRV model 46 , 47 with vaccination as a dynamical variable is as follows:

DtS(t)=ΛβS(t)I(t)μ0S(t)δS(t)
DtE(t)=βS(t)I(t)(μ0+μ1)E(t), (2.7)
DtI(t)=μ1E(t)(μ0+μ2)I(t)
DtRt=μ2I(t)μ0R(t)
DtVt=δS(t)μ0V(t)

where

Λ : birth rate of S ,

β : infection rate of S ,

μ0 : mortality rate of I ,

δ : vaccination rate,

μ1 : progression rate from E to I ,

μ2 : recovery rate of I .

In this presentation, we analyze the SEIRV model with time delay using Caputo operator of order 0<ν1.

CDtνSt=ΛνβνStItμ0νStδνRt,
CDtνE(t)=βνS(t)I(t)(μ0ν+μ1ν)E(t), (2.8)
CDtνIt=μ1νEtμ0νItμ2νI(t),
CDtνRt=μ2νItμ0νRt,
CDtνV(t)=δνStμ0νV(t).

The time dimension of the system (2.8) is confirmed to be valid, even though both sides have dimension (time)ν. Let t0=0 and ignore the super script ν and the system becomes:

CDtνSt=ΛβStItμ0StδSt,
CDtνE(t)=βS(t)I(t)(μ0+μ1)E(t), (2.9)
CDtνIt=μ1Etμ0Itμ2I(tη1),
CDtνRt=μ2I(tη1)μ0R(t),
CDtνV(t)=δStμ0V(t),

where η1 is the time delay describing the period of cure the infected individuals.

The initial conditions are

Sφ=ψ1φ,Eφ=ψ2φ,I(φ)=ψ3φ,R(φ)=ψ4φ,V(φ)=ψ5φ,η1φ0, (2.10)

where ψ =ψ1,ψ2,ψ3,ψ4,ψ5TB, such that ψiφ0,i=1,2,3,4,5. Where B denotes the Banach space of continuous mapping from the interval [η1,0] to R5. We presume, by biological meaning, that ψiφ>0 for i=1,2,3,4,5.

Non-negativity and boundedness

Theorem 2.1

The closed region Ω={(S,E,I,R,V)R5:0<NΛμ0} is non-negative invariant of system (2.9) for all t0 .

Proof

We have

CDtν(S+E+I+R+V)(t)=λμ0(S+E+I+R)(t).
  • CDtνN(t)=λμ0N(t)
  • CDtνN(t)+μ0N(t)=λ. (2.11)
    Applying Laplace transforms, we get
    pνLNtpν1N0+μ0LNt=λp
  • LNtpν+1+μ0=pνN0+λ
  • LNt=pνN0+λpν+1+μ0=pνN0pν+1+μ0+λpν+1+μ0. (2.12)

Taking inverse Laplace transform, we have

Nt=N0Eν,1μ0tν+λtνEν,ν+1μ0tν. (2.13)

According to Mittag-Leffler function,

Ec,dz=zEc,c+dz+1Γd

Hence,

Nt=N0λδ0Eν,1μ0tν+λμ0

Thus

limtSupN(t)λμ0. (2.14)

And hence the model (2.9) is bounded above by λμ0.

Thus S,E,I,R, and V are all non-negative, and the model (2.9) is non-negative invariant.

Basic reproduction number

The basic reproduction number R0 provides the number of secondary cases induced by single susceptible individual.

Using next generation matrix method,48 , 49 R0 can be determined from the maximum eigen value of FV1 where,

F=0βΛμ0+δ00andV=μ0+μ10μ1μ0+μ2.

Therefore, the reproduction number

R0=βΛμ1μ0+δμ0+μ1(μ0+μ2). (2.15)

3. Stability analysis

The disease-free equilibrium points E0 and the epidemic equilibrium point E1 of are obtained from

CDtνSt=CDtνEt=CDtνIt=CDtνRt=CDtνVt=0. (3.1)

We have E0=Λμ0+δ,0,0,0,Λδμ0(μ0+δ)) and E1=(S,E,I,R,V),

where S=μ0+μ1(μ0+μ2)βμ1, E=(μ0+μ2)μ1I, I=Λμ1μ0+μ1(μ0+μ2)μ0+δβ,

R=μ2μ0I, V=μ0+μ1(μ0+μ2)δβμ0μ1.

Now we consider the community matrix of the model (2.9) at E0 is given by

J0=P+Qeλη1,

where

P=P110P13000P22P23000P32P3300000P440P51000P55,Q=000000000000Q330000Q430000000,

with P11=(δ+μ0), P13=βS0, P22=(μ1+μ0), P23=βS0,P32=μ1, P33=μ0,P44=μ0,P51=δ,P55=μ0,Q33=μ2,Q43=μ2.

Theorem 3.1

When R0 < 1, the equilibrium point E0 of the model (2.9) is locally asymptotically stable, and when R0>1 , it is unstable in the absence of time delay.

Proof

The characteristic equation of J0 is given by determinant P+QλI5=0.

The roots of the characteristic equation are μ0, μ0, (δ+μ0) and λ2λP22+P33+Q33+P22P33+P22Q33P23P32=0.

The roots are negative if P22+P33+Q33<0 and (P22P33+P22Q33P23P32)>0, using Routh–Hurwitz Criterion.

Now P22P33+P22Q33P23P32>0

=>μ1+μ0μ0+μ2βΛμ1μ0+δ>0
=>R0<1

Therefore the point E0 is locally asymptotically stable or unstable according as R0<1or R0>1.

Theorem 3.2

The equilibrium point E0 of the model (2.9) is locally asymptotically stable when η1[0,η1] , η1=1ksin1vx+uyx2+y2 .

Proof

The characteristic equation of J0 is given by determinant P+Qeλη1λI5=0.

Now

(λ5+P4λ4+P3λ3+P2λ2+P1λ+P0)+Q4λ4+Q3λ3+Q2λ2+Q1λeλη1=0 (3.2)

Where

P4=P11+P22+P33+P44+P55,
P3=P11+P44+P55P22+P33P11P44+P11P55+P44P55(P22P33P23P32),
P2=P11P44P55P11P44+P11P55+P44P55P22+P33P11+P44+P55P22P33P23P32,
P1=[P11P44P55P22+P33+(P11P44+P11P55+P44P55)(P22P33P23P32)],
P0=P11P44P55P22P33P23P32,
Q4=Q33,
Q3=Q33(P11+P44+P55),
Q2=Q33P11P44+P11P55+P44P55,
Q1=Q33P11P44P55.

Let λ=ik be a root of the Eq. (3.2), then we have

xcoskη1+ysinkη1=u,xsinkη1ycoskη1=v, (3.3)

where

x=Q2k2Q4k4,y=Q3k3Q1k,u=P4k4P2k2+P0,v=k5+P3k3P1k

We find that

x2+y2=u2+v2=>k10+R4k8+R3k6+R2k4+R1k2+R0=0, (3.4)

where

R4=2P3+P42Q42,R3=P322P12P4P2Q32+2Q2Q4,
R2=2P1P3+P22+2P0P4+2Q1Q3Q22,
R1=P122P0P2Q12,R0=P02.

Putting k2=t in Eq. (3.4), then we have

t5+R4t4+R3t3+R2t2+R1t+R0=0. (3.5)

If t1 is a positive root in Eq. (3.5), then k=t1 is a positive root in Eq. (3.4). Eliminating coskη1 from the Eq. (3.3), we obtain

η1=1ksin1(vx+uyx2+y2)

Theorem 3.3

When R0 < 1, the equilibrium point E0 of the model (2.9) is globally asymptotically stable, and unstable when R0>1 for any positive η1 .

Proof

Consider the suitable Lyapunov function:

Ft=F1+F2

where,

F1=μ1Et+μ0+μ1It andF2=tη1tIzdz

Taking fractional derivative, we get

CDtνFt=CDtνF1t+CDtνF2(t)

From (2.5) we get,

CDtνFt=[μ1βStItμ0+μ1μ0+μ2I(t)]. (3.6)

Now,

CDtνFt=[βSμ1μ0+μ1μ0+μ2]I

Since S=Λμ0+δ, it follows that

CDtνFt=I[μ0+μ1(μ0+μ2)][βΛμ1μ0+δμ0+μ1(μ0+μ2)1]=I[μ0+μ1(μ0+μ2)][R01].

Hence if R0<1, then CDtνFt<0. As a result of LaSalle’s extension to Lyapunov’s principle,50 , 51 E0 is globally asymptotically stable and unstable if R0>1.

Theorem 3.4

If R0>1 , the equilibrium point E1=(S,E,I,R,V) is locally asymptotically stable when η1=0 .

Proof

The characteristic equation of the system (2.9) at the epidemic equilibrium E1 is μ0λμ0λ (λ3+Aλ2+Bλ+C)=0.

where

A=G11+G22+G33+H33,
B=G11G22+G33+H33+G22G33G23G32+G13G21G32,
C=G11(G22G33G23G32+G13G21G32),

with

G11=βIδμ0,G22=μ0μ1,G33=μ0,H33=μ2,G13=βS,G23=βS,G32=μ1,G21=βI,G23=βI.

Using Routh–Hurwitz Criterion, the system (2.9) is locally asymptotically stable at E1 as A>0,C>0,AB>C.

Theorem 3.5

The epidemic equilibrium E1=(S,E,I,R,V) of the system (2.9) is locally asymptotically stable when η1[0,η1] , η1=1m10sin1(ad+bca2+b2) ; system (2.9) undergoes a Hopf bifurcation at E1 when η1=η1 .

Proof

The characteristic equation of the system (2.9) at the epidemic equilibrium E1 is given by determinant G+Heλη1λI5=0.

Now

λ5+A4λ4+A3λ3+A2λ2+A1λ+A0+B4λ4+B3λ3+B2λ2+B1λ+B0eλη1=0. (3.7)

where

A4=G11+G22+G33+G44+G55,
A3=(G11G22G23G32+G11G33+G22G33+G11G44+G22G44+G33G44+G11G55+G22G55+G33G55),
A2=G13G21G32+G11G23G32G11G22G33G11G22G44+G23G32G44G11G33G44G22G33G44G11G22G55+G23G32G55G11G33G55G22G33G55+G44G55G11G44G55G22G44G55G33G44G55,
A1=[G13G21G32G44G11G23G32G44+G11G22G33G44+G13G21G32G55G11G23G32G55+G11G22G33G55+G11G22G44G55G23G32G44G55+G11G33G44G55+G22G33G44G55],
A0=G13G21G32G44G55+G11G23G32G44G55G11G22G33G44G55,
B4=H33,
B3=G11H33+G22H33+G44H33+G55H33,
B2=G11G22H33G11G44H33G22G44H33G11G55H33G22G55H33G44G55H33,
B1=G11G22G44H33+G11G22G55H33+G11G44G55H33+G22G44G55H33,
B0=G11G22G44G55H33,

with G=G110G1300G21G22G23000G32G3300000G440G51000G55, H=000000000000H330000H430000000,

where G11=(βI+δ+μ0), G13=βS, G21=βI,G22=(μ1+μ0), G23=βS,G32=μ1, G33=μ0,G44=μ0,G51=δ,G55=μ0,H33=μ2,H43=μ2.

If we consider λ =im1 to be a root of the Eq. (3.7), we get

acosm1η1+bsinm1η1=c,asinm1η1bcosm1η1=d, (3.8)

where

a=B2m12B4m14B0,b=B3m13B1m1,c=A4m14A2m12+A0,d=m15+A3m13A1m1

Now we have

a2+b2=c2+d2=>m110+L4m18+L3m16+L2m14+L1m12+L0=0, (3.9)

where

L4=2A3+A42B42,L3=A322A12A4A2B32+2B2B4,
L2=2A1A3+A22+2A0A4+2B1B3B22+2B0B4,
L1=A122A0A2B122B0B2,
L0=A02B02.

Put m12=j in Eq. (3.9), then we have

j5+L4j4+L3j3+L2j2+L1j+L0=0. (3.10)

Now consider that

Case-1: If j0 is a positive root in Eq. (3.10), then m10=j0 is a positive root in Eq. (3.9).

Eliminating cosm1η1 from (3.8) and substituting m1=m10, where m10 is a positive root of Eq. (3.9), we have

η1=1m10sin1(ad+bca2+b2)

Now, by differentiating Eq. (3.7) with regard to η1 and simplifying with λ =im10, we get

Redλdη11λ=im10=f1(j0)a2+b2 (3.11)

Therefore, Re dλdη11λ=im100 if the condition

f1j0=df1(j)dj0 at j=j0 holds, where f1j=j5+L4j4+L3j3+L2j2+L1j+L0.

Thus, according to the Hopf bifurcation theorem,52 we obtain the result of Theorem 3.5 if Case-1 hold.

Theorem 3.6

The epidemic equilibrium E1 is globally asymptotically stable if R0>1 .

Proof

Consider the non-linear Lyapunov function:

W(t)=S(t)SSlogStS+E(t)EElogEtE+QI(t)IIlogI(t)I.

Using Lemma 2 and taking the fractional derivative of W(t) with respect to time is,

CDtνWt1SS(t)CDtνSt+1EE(t)CDtνEt+Q1II(t)CDtνI(t). (3.12)

Using system (2.9) we get,

CDtνWtΛβS(t)I(t)μ0S(t)δS(t)S(ΛβS(t)I(t)μ0S(t)δS(t))S(t)+(βS(t)I(t)μ0+μ1E(t))E(βS(t)I(t)μ0+μ1E(t))E(t)+Q(μ1Etμ0Itμ2I(tη1))Iμ1Etμ0Itμ2I(tη1)I(t). (3.13)

We have Eq. (2.9) in steady state,

Λ=βSI+μ0S+δS. (3.14)

Substituting Eq. (3.14) into (3.13) we have,

CDtνWtβSI+μ0S+δSβS(t)I(t)μ0S(t)δS(t)S(βSI+μ0S+δSβS(t)I(t)μ0S(t)δS(t))S(t)+(βS(t)I(t)μ0+μ1E(t))E(βS(t)I(t)μ0+μ1E(t))E(t)+Q(μ1Etμ0Itμ2I(tη1))Iμ1Etμ0Itμ2I(tη1)I(t).

Further simplification gives,

CDtνWtβSI+μ0S+δSμ0S(t)δS(t)S(βSI+μ0S+δSβS(t)I(t)μ0S(t)δS(t))S(t)+(μ0+μ1E(t))E(βS(t)I(t)μ0+μ1E(t))E(t)+Q(μ1Etμ0Itμ2I(tη1))Iμ1Etμ0Itμ2I(tη1)I(t). (3.15)

Collecting all infected classes from (3.15) to zero without a single star (*):

SβI(t)μ0+μ1E(t)+Qμ1E(t)μ0Itμ2I(tη1)=0. (3.16)

The steady state of equilibrium point (2.9), we get

Q=Sβμ0+μ2,μ0+μ1=ISβE,μ1=(μ0+μ2)IE. (3.17)

Substituting the expression from (3.17) into (3.15) gives:

CDtνWtβSI+μ0S+δSμ0SδS(t)S(βSI+μ0Sμ0SδS)S+EβSIE+ISβ+(ISEβIIE+βSI).

Using A.M.G.M., we get:

(2sSSS)0,(3SSIEIESEIE)0.

Thus

CDtνWt0forR0>1

Therefore E1 is globally asymptotically stable, according to LaSalle’s Invariance Principle.51

4. Adam–Bashforth–Moulton method for the SEIRV model

For fractional order initial value situations, the Adams–Bashforth–Moulton​ approach is the most commonly used numerical technique.

Let

CDtνLjt=gj(t,Ljt,Lj(tη1)),tη1,0,Ljr0=Lj0r, (4.1)

r=0,1,2,,ν, jN

where Lj0rR, ν>0 and CDtν is same as Volterra integral equation in the Caputo sense.

Ljt=n=0ν1Lj0rtnn!+1Γ(ν)0t(tu)ν1gj(u,Lju,Lj(uη1))du,jN. (4.2)

Let h=Tmˆ,tn=nh,n=0,1,2,,mˆ.

Corrector formulae:

Sn+1=S0+hνΓν+2ΛβSn+1pIn+1pμ0Sn+1pδSn+1p+hνΓν+2j=0nαj,n+1ΛβSjIjμ0SjδSj,
En+1=E0+hνΓν+2βSn+1pIn+1p(μ0+μ1)En+1p+hνΓν+2j=0nαj,n+1(βSjIj(μ0+μ1)Ej),
In+1=I0+hνΓν+2μ1En+1p(μ0+μ2)In+1p+hνΓν+2j=0nαj,n+1(μ1Ej(μ0+μ2)Ij),
Rn+1=R0+hνΓν+2μ2In+1pμ0Rn+1p+hνΓν+2j=0nαj,n+1(μ2Ijμ0Rj),
Vn+1=V0+hνΓν+2δSn+1pμ0Vn+1p+hνΓν+2j=0nαj,n+1(δSjμ0Vj). (4.3)

Predictor formulae:

Sn+1p=S0+1Γ(ν)j=0nΘj,n+1ΛβSjIjμ0SjδSj,
En+1p=E0+1Γ(ν)j=0nΘj,n+1(βSjIj(μ0+μ1)Ej), (4.4)
In+1p=I0+1Γ(ν)j=0nΘj,n+1(μ1Ej(μ0+μ2)Ij),
Rn+1p=R0+1Γ(ν)j=0nΘj,n+1(μ2Ijμ0Rj),
Vn+1p=V0+1Γ(ν)j=0nΘj,n+1(δSjμ0Vj),

where

νj,n+1=nν+1nν(n+1)ν,ifj=0,(nj+2)ν+1+(nj)ν+12(nj+1)ν+1,if0jn,1,ifj=1,

and

Θj,n+1=hνν(n+1j)νnjν,0jn.

5. Numerical simulation

We have studied and analyzed the dynamical behavior of the solutions of (2.9) using an extensive numerical simulation. In this section, we use MATLAB to analyze the solutions generated by Adams–Bashforth–Moulton scheme. The results of model simulations and the associated findings have been classified as follows:

Case - I

In this case, we analyze the dynamical characteristics of all population for various fractional order with η1=0.

From Figs. 2(a) to 2(c) illustrate that when R0<1, the number of exposed individuals, infected individuals and recovered individuals drops to zero. So the point E0 is locally asymptotically stable when R0<1 for different values of ν. Table 1 displays the values of parameters.

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Time series analysis corresponding to η1=0 for (a) ν=0.6 (b) ν=0.8 (c) ν=1.

Parameters Value Source
Λ 5 Estimated
β 0.01 Estimated
μ0 0.731 Estimated
δ 0.03 Model to fit
μ1 0.015 Estimated
μ2 0.5 Estimated
R0 0.0534 Estimated

Case - II

In this case, we analyze the dynamical characteristics of all population for various fractional order with η1=0, η1=0.5 and η1=2.

The values of parameters in Table 2 are used to plot the figures in Fig. 3, Fig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 6, Fig. 7, Fig. 8, Fig. 9, Fig. 10. The behavior of all individuals with time corresponding to η1=0.5 for different fractional order ν is shown in Figs. 3(a) through 3(e). The number of susceptible individuals and infected individuals decreases when ν increases. The number of recovered individuals increases when ν increases.

Parameters Value Source
Λ 0.0182 Estimated
β 0.476 Estimated
μ0 0.0073 Estimated
δ 0.01 Model to fit
μ1 0.071 53,54
μ2 0.286 53,54
R0 1.55 Estimated

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

The behavior of S,E,I,R and V for varied values of ν=0.9,0.8,0.7 with η1=0.5.

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

The behavior of all individuals for different values of ν=0.9,0.8,0.7 with η1=0.

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

The behavior of all individuals for values of ν=0.9,0.8,0.7 and η1=2.

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6

Dynamical behavior of all individuals for ν=0.7 and different values of η1=0.5, 3, 5.5.

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

Dynamical behavior of all individuals for ν=0.8 and different values of η1=0.5, 3, 5.5.

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8

The behavior of all individuals for ν=0.9 and different values of η1=0.5, 3, 5.5.

Fig. 9.

Fig. 9

Time series analysis for η1=3 and ν=1 of Eq. (2.9).

Fig. 10.

Fig. 10

Phase diagram of the model (2.9) corresponding to η1=3 and ν=0.6,0.8,1.

Figs. 4(a) to 4(e) shows the behavior of all individuals with time corresponding to η1=0 for different fractional order ν. Fig. 4(a) depicts that the number of susceptible individuals increase when ν changes to 0.9 to 0.7. An increase value of ν leads to decrease in the exposed rate in the exposed population in Fig. 4(b). We see in Fig. 4(c) that number of infected individuals increase when ν changes to 0.9 to 0.7. Fig. 4(d) depicts that the number of recovered individuals increase with time when ν increases.

The behavior of all individuals with time corresponding to η1=2 for different fractional order ν is shown in Figs. 5(a) through 5(e). Fig. 5(a) depicts that the number of susceptible individuals increase when ν increases. We see in Fig. 5(c) that number of infected individuals increase when ν changes to 0.9 to 0.7. Fig. 5(d) depicts that the number of recovered individuals increase when ν increases.

The behavior of all individuals with time corresponding to ν=0.7 is shown in Figs. 6(a) through 6(e) for various time delays η1.

Figs. 7(a) to 7(e) shows the behavior of all individuals with time corresponding to ν=0.8 for different time delays η1. The number of vaccinated individuals increase when η1 changes to 0.5 to 5.5.

The performance of all individuals with time corresponding to ν=0.9 is shown in Figs. 8(a) through 8(e) for various time delays η1.

Case - III

The existence of the Hopf bifurcation of the model system (2.9) with fractional order ν=1 is discussed in this case. The following set of parametric values is chosen:

The values of the parameters in Table 3 are used to study the bifurcation analysis. The model system (2.9) is unstable at E1, as shown in Fig. 11.

Parameters Value Source
Λ 5 For model fit
β 0.010 Estimated
μ0 0.025 Estimated
δ 0.002 Model to fit
μ1 0.009 Estimated
μ2 0.0008 For model fit

Fig. 11.

Fig. 11

Time series solution of the model system (2.9) for η1>η1,ν=1 with different initial and parameter values as given in Table 3.

Using the parametric values in Table 3, the roots of the Eq. (3.10) are 0.6240,1.2724,0.1345,0.5832±0.1750i. Thus we obtain f10.13450. The Hopf bifurcation diagram is shown in Fig. 12(a) through 12 (e). For η1=41.56 and m10=0.3668, we obtain E1=(9.7467,379.4148,132.3540,10.5883,0.7797). Now E1 is locally asymptotically stable when η1[0,η1], confirming our theoretical results in Theorem 3.5. The system (2.9) produces a Hopf bifurcation when η1=η1.

Fig. 12.

Fig. 12

Diagram of a single parameter bifurcation with respect to η1.

6. Conclusion

We have studied the SEIRV model (2.9) considering a single time delay parameter η1. The stability analysis of the system depicts that point E0 of the system (2.9) is locally asymptotically stable when R0< 1, and unstable when R0>1 in the absence of time delay. The endemic equilibrium E1=(S,E,I,R,V) is locally asymptotically stable if R0>1, when η1=0. However, in the presence of time delay parameter η1, both the points E0 and E1 are asymptotically stable in the interval [0,η1] where η1 is given by η1=1m10,sin1(ad+bca2+b2). Numerical computations reveal that if η1>41.56 then the system (2.9) exhibits Hopf bifurcation. Thus, it becomes apparent that beyond the value of η1=41.56 the dynamics of the system becomes unstable. It may be recalled that the time delay parameter was incorporated in (2.9) to justify the argument that the infected population will take some time to recover. When the time delay owing to the time period required by the infected individuals to recover from the disease surpasses a threshold value, the model described here produces a Hopf bifurcation around the endemic equilibrium point.

Declaration of Competing Interest

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank the anonymous referees for providing insightful remarks and suggestions that helped to improve the performance of this paper.

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