Graph-Theoretic Approach

A Graph-Theoretic Approach to the Construction of Lyapunov Functions for Large-Scale Differential Equation Systems
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Theoretical Development on the Graph-Theoretic Approach

  • H. Guo, M.Y. Li, Z. Shuai.
    Global stability of the endemic equilibrium of multigroup SIR epidemic models.
    Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly, 14 (2006) 259-284. pdf
  • H. Guo, M.Y. Li, Z. Shuai.
    A graph-theoretic approach to the method of global Lyapunov functions.
    Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 136 (2008) 2793-2802. pdf
  • M.Y. Li, Z. Shuai.
    Global-stability problem for coupled systems of differential equations on networks.
    Journal of Differential Equations, 248 (2010) 1-20. pdf
  • Z. Shuai, P. van den Drissche.
    Global stability of infectious disease models using Lyapunov functions.
    SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 73 (2013) 1513-1532. pdf

Application of the Graph-Theoretic Approach

  • Y. Xiao, X. Zou.
    Global stability in a model for interactions between two strains of host and one strain of parasite.
    Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly, 16 (2008) 211-218.
  • M.Y. Li, Z. Shuai.
    Global stability of an epidemic model in a patchy environment.
    Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly, 17 (2009) 175-187. pdf
  • M.Y. Li, Z. Shuai, C. Wang.
    Global stability of multi-group epidemic models with distributed delays.
    Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 361 (2010) 38-47. pdf
  • Z. Yuan, L. Wang.
    Global stability of epidemiological models with group mixing and nonlinear incidence rates.
    Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 11 (2010) 995-1004.
  • R. Sun.
    Global stability of the endemic equilibrium of multigroup SIR models with nonlinear incidence.
    Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 60 (2010) 2286-2291.
  • Z. Yuan, X. Zou.
    Global threshold property in an epidemic model for disease with latency spreading in a heterogeneous host population.
    Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 11 (2010) 3479-3490.
  • Z. Shuai, P. van den Driessche.
    Global dynamics of cholera models with differential infectivity.
    Mathematical Biosciences, 234 (2011) 118-126. pdf
  • C. Ji, D. Jiang, N. Shi.
    Multigroup SIR epidemic model with stochastic perturbation.
    Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 390 (2011) 1747-1762.
  • G. Rozhnova, A. Nunes, A.J. McKane.
    Stochastic oscillations in models of epidemics on a network of cities.
    Physical Review E, 84 (2011) 051919.
  • R. Sun, J. Shi.
    Global stability of multigroup epidemic model with group mixing and nonlinear incidence rates.
    Applied Mathematics and Computation, 218 (2011) 280-286.
  • H. Chen, J. Sun.
    Global stability of delay multigroup epidemic models with group mixing and nonlinear incidence rates.
    Applied Mathematics and computation, 218 (2011) 4391-4400.
  • T. Kuniya.
    Global stability analysis with a discretization approach for an age-structured multigroup SIR epidemic model.
    Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 12 (2011) 2640-2655.
  • D. Ding, X. Ding.
    Global stability of multi-group vaccination epidemic models with delays.
    Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 12 (2011) 1991-1997.
  • Z. Shuai, P. van den Driessche.
    Impact of heterogeneity on the dynamics of an SEIR epidemic model.
    Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 9 (2012) 393-411. pdf
  • H. Guo, M.Y. Li, Z. Shuai.
    Global dynamics of a general class of multi-stage models for infectious diseases.
    SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 72 (2012) 261-279. pdf
  • H. Guo, M.Y. Li.
    Impacts of migration and immigration on disease transmission dynamics in heterogeneous populations.
    Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B, 17 (2012) 2413-2430.
  • C. Ji, D. Jiang, Q. Yang, N. Shi.
    Dynamics of a multigroup SIR epidemic model with stochastic perturbation.
    Automatica, 48 (2012) 121-131.
  • K. Li, Z. Ma, Z. Jia, M. Small, X. Fu.
    Interplay between collective behavior and spreading dynamics on complex networks.
    Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 22 (2012) 043113.
  • H. Su, W. Li, K. Wang.
    Global stability analysis of discrete-time coupled systems on networks and its applications.
    Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 22 (2012) 033135.
  • H. Shu, D. Fan, J. Wei.
    Global stability of multi-group SEIR epidemic models with distributed delays and nonlinear transmission.
    Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 13 (2012) 1581-1592.
  • T. Kajiwara, T. Sasaki, Y. Takeuchi.
    Construction of Lyapunov functionals for delay differential equations in virology and epidemiology.
    Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 13 (2012) 1802-1826.
  • W. Li, L. Pang, H. Su, K. Wang.
    Global stability for discrete CohenÐGrossberg neural networks with finite and infinite delays.
    Applied Mathematics Letters, 25 (2012) 2246-2251.
  • W. Li, H. Su, D. Wei, K. Wang.
    Global stability of coupled nonlinear systems with Markovian switching.
    Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 17 (2012) 2609-2616.
  • C. Yuan, D. Jiang, D. O’Regan, R.P. Agarwal.
    Stochastically asymptotically stability of the multi-group SEIR and SIR models with random perturbation.
    Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 17 (2012) 2501-2516.
  • J. Wang, J. Zu, X. Liu, G. Huang, J. Zhang.
    Global dynamics of a multi-group epidemic model with general relapse distribution and nonlinear incidence rate.
    Journal of Biological Systems, 20 (2012) 235-258.
  • J. Wang, Y. Takeuchi, S. Liu.
    A multi-group SVEIR epidemic model with distributed delay and vaccination.
    International Journal of Biomathematics, 5 (2012) No. 3.
  • D. Ding, X. Wang, X. Ding.
    Global stability of multigroup dengue disease transmission model.
    Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2012 (2012) 342472.
  • M.C. Eisenberg, Z. Shuai, J.H. Tien, P. van den Driessche.
    A cholera model in a patchy environment with water and human movement.
    Mathematical Biosciences, 246 (2013) 105-112. pdf
  • Q. Yang, X. Mao.
    Extinction and recurrence of multi-group SEIR epidemic models with stochastic perturbations.
    Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 14 (2013) 1434-1456.
  • Z. Wang, X. Fan, Q. Han.
    Global stability of deterministic and stochastic multigroup SEIQR models in computer network.
    Applied Mathematical Modelling, 37 (2013) 8673-8686.
  • W. Li, H. Song, Y. Qu, K. Wang.
    Global exponential stability for stochastic coupled systems on networks with Markovian switching.
    Systems & Control Letters, 62 (2013) 468-474.
  • X. Yuan, Y. Xue, M. Liu.
    Analysis of an epidemic model with awareness programs by media on complex networks.
    Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 48 (2013) 1-11.
  • Y. Muroya, Y. Enatsu, T. Kuniya.
    Global stability for a multi-group SIRS epidemic model with varying population sizes.
    Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 14 (2013) 1693-1704.
  • T. Kuniya.
    Global stability of a multi-group SVIR epidemic model.
    Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 14 (2013) 1135-1143.
  • C. Zhang, W. Li, K. Wang.
    Boundedness for network of stochastic coupled van der Pol oscillators with time-varying delayed coupling.
    Applied Mathematical Modelling, 37 (2013) 5394-5402.
  • C. Zhang, W. Li, H. Su, K. Wang.
    A graph-theoretic approach to boundedness of stochastic CohenÐGrossberg neural networks with Markovian switching.
    Applied Mathematics and Computation, 219 (2013) 9165-9173.
  • Y. Muroya, Y. Enatsu, T. Kuniya.
    Global stability of extended multi-group sir epidemic models with patches through migration and cross patch infection.
    Acta Mathematica Scientia, 33 (2013) 341-361.
  • M.-T. Li, G.-Q. Sun, J. Zhang, Z. Jin.
    Global Dynamic Behavior of a Multigroup Cholera Model with Indirect Transmission.
    Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, (2013) 703826.
  • Y.-W. Gong, Y.-R. Song, G.-P. Jiang.
    Global dynamics of a novel multi-group model for computer worms.
    Chinese Physics B, 22 (2013) 040204.
  • H. Su, Y. Qu, S. Gao, H. Song, K. Wang.
    A model of feedback control system on network and its stability analysis.
    Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 18 (2013) 1822-1831.
  • Y. Lin, D. Jiang.
    Dynamics of a multigroup SIR epidemic model with nonlinear incidence and stochastic perturbation.
    Abstract and Applied Analysis, (2013) 917389.
  • L. Zhang, J. Pang, J. Wang.
    Stability analysis of a multigroup epidemic model with general exposed distribution and nonlinear incidence rates.
    Abstract and Applied Analysis, (2013) 354287.
  • P. Du, M.Y. Li.
    Impact of network connectivity on the synchronization and global dynamics of coupled systems of differential equations.
    Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 286 (2014) 32-42.
  • J. Wang, J. Wang, M. Liu, Y. Li.
    Global stability analysis of an SIR epidemic model with demographics and time delay on networks.
    Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 410 (2014) 268-275.
  • T. Kuniya, Y. Muroya.
    Global stability of a multi-group SIS epidemic model for population migration.
    Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B, 19 (2014) 1105-1118.
  • C. Zhang, W. Li, K. Wang.
    A graph-theoretic approach to stability of neutral stochastic coupled oscillators network with time?varying delayed coupling.
    Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 37 (2014) 1179-1190.
  • J. Wang, J. Pang, X. Liu.
    Modelling diseases with relapse and nonlinear incidence of infection: a multi-group epidemic model.
    Journal of Biological Dynamics, 8 (2014) 99-116.
  • T. Kuniya, Y. Muroya, Y. Enatsu.
    Threshold dynamics of an SIR epidemic model with hybrid of multigroup and patch structures.
    Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 11 (2014) 1375-1393.
  • Y. Wang, J. Cao.
    Global dynamics of a network epidemic model for waterborne diseases spread.
    Applied Mathematics and Computation, 237 (2014) 474-488.
  • W. Li, X. Qi, M. Pan, K. Wang.
    Razumikhin-type theorems on exponential stability of stochastic functional differential equations on networks.
    Neurocomputing, 131 (2014) 278-285.
  • C. Zhang, W. Li, H. Su, K. Wang.
    Asymptotic boundedness for stochastic coupled systems on networks with Markovian switching.
    Neurocomputing, 136 (2014) 180-189.
  • Z.-G. Wang, R.-M. Gao, X.-M. Fan, Q.-X. Han.
    Stability analysis of multi-group deterministic and stochastic epidemic models with vaccination rate.
    Chinese Physics B, 23 (2014) 090201.
  • W. Li, H. Yang, J. Feng, K. Wang.
    Global exponential stability for coupled systems of neutral delay differential equations.
    Electronic Journal of Qualitative Theory of Differential Equations, 36 (2014) 1-15.
  • X. Yuan, Y. Xue, M. Liu.
    Global stability of an SIR model with two susceptible groups on complex networks.
    Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 59 (2014) 42-50.
  • Y. Wang, J. Cao.
    Global dynamics of multi-group SEI animal disease models with indirect transmission.
    Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 69 (2014) 81-89.
  • Y. Muroya, T. Kuniya.
    Further stability analysis for a multi-group SIRS epidemic model with varying total population size.
    Applied Mathematics Letters, 38 (2014) 73-78.
  • M.-T. Li, G.-Q. Sun, Y.-F. Wu, J. Zhang, Z. Jin.
    Transmission dynamics of a multi-group brucellosis model with mixed cross infection in public farm.
    Applied Mathematics and Computation, 237 (2014) 582-594.
  • Y. Xue, X. Yuan, M. Liu.
    Global stability of a multi-group SEI model.
    Applied Mathematics and Computation, 226 (2014) 51-60.
  • G. Huang, J. Wang, J. Zu.
    Global dynamics of multi-group dengue disease model with latency distributions.
    Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, (2014) DOI: 10.1002/mma.3252.
  • W. Li, H. Yang, L. Wen, K. Wang.
    Global exponential stability for coupled retarded systems on networks: A graph-theoretic approach.
    Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 19 (2014) 1651-1660.
  • Y. Wang, J. Cao.
    Global stability of a multiple infected compartments model for waterborne diseases.
    Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 19 (2014) 3753-3765.
  • Z. Wang, X. Fan, F. Jiang, Q. Li.
    Dynamics of deterministic and stochastic multi-group MSIRS epidemic models with varying total population size.
    Advances in Difference Equations, (2014): 270.
  • H. Li, Y. Jiang, L. Zhang, Z. Teng.
    Global Stability for a Three-Species Food Chain Model in a Patchy Environment.
    Journal of Applied Mathematics, (2014) 314729.
  • X. Zhong, F. Deng.
    Dynamics of a Stochastic Multigroup SEIR Epidemic Model.
    Journal of Applied Mathematics, (2014) 258915.
  • J.C. Kamgang, V.C. Kamla, S.Y. Tchoumi.
    Modeling the Dynamics of Malaria Transmission with Bed Net Protection Perspective.
    Applied Mathematics, 5 (2014) 3156.
  • X. Fan.
    Global stability of multigroup SIRS epidemic model with varying population sizes and stochastic perturbation around equilibrium.
    Abstract and Applied Analysis, (2014) 154725.
  • Y. Gao, S. Liu.
    Global stability for a predator-prey model with dispersal among patches.
    Abstract and Applied Analysis, (2014) 176493.
  • N. Wang, J. Pang, J. Wang.
    Stability Analysis of a Multigroup SEIR Epidemic Model with General Latency Distributions.
    Abstract and Applied Analysis, (2014) 740256.
  • Z. Shuai, P. van den Driessche.
    Modelling and control of cholera on networks with a common water source.
    Journal of Biological Dynamics, in press.
  • J. Ren, Y. Xu, J. Liu.
    Investigation of dynamics of a virus-antivirus model in complex network.
    Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 421 (2015) 533-540.
  • C. Zhang, W. Li, K. Wang.
    Graph-theoretic approach to stability of multi-group models with dispersal.
    Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B, 20 (2015) 259-280.
  • X. Feng, Z. Teng, F. Zhang.
    Global dynamics of a general class of multi-group epidemic models with latency and relapse.
    Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 12 (2015) 99-115.
  • Y. Muroya, T. Kuniya, J. Wang.
    Stability analysis of a delayed multi-group SIS epidemic model with nonlinear incidence rates and patch structure.
    Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 425 (2015) 415-439.
  • X. Zhang, W. Li, K. Wang.
    The existence of periodic solutions for coupled systems on networks with time delays.
    Neurocomputing, 152 (2015) 287-293.
  • W. Li, S. Wang, H. Su, K. Wang.
    Global exponential stability for stochastic networks of coupled oscillators with variable delay.
    Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 22 (2015) 877-888.
  • C. Zhang, W. Li, K. Wang.
    Graph-theoretic method on exponential synchronization of stochastic coupled networks with Markovian switching.
    Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, 15 (2015) 37-51.
  • J. Cai, Y. Wang, A. Alofi, A. Al-Mazrooei, A. Elaiw.
    Global stability of an epidemic model with carrier state in heterogeneous networks.
    IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, in press.
  • H. Su, Z. He, Y. Zhao, X. Ding.
    A graph-theoretic approach to exponential stability of BAM neural networks with delays and reaction-diffusion.
    Applicable Analysis, in press.
  • W. Li, X. Zhang, C. Zhang.
    A new method for exponential stability of coupled reaction-diffusion systems with mixed delays: Combining Razumikhin method with graph theory.
    Journal of the Franklin Institute, in press.
  • Hong-Li Li, Yao-Lin Jiang, Zuo-Lei Wang, Cheng Hu.
    Global stability problem for feedback control systems of impulsive fractional differential equations on networks.
    Neurocomputing, in press.
  • A. Iggidr, G. Sallet, M.O. Souza.
    On the dynamics of a class of multi-group models for vector-borne diseases.
    Preprint.