Modeling of measles epidemic with optimized fractional order under Caputo differential operator

Sania Qureshi and Rashid Jan

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2021, vol. 145, issue C

Abstract: Memory is an important characteristic of an epidemic. One of such memory dependent and highly contagious viral diseases is measles that is also responsible for more than 140,000 deaths in 2018 in various regions of Asia and Africa. In order to better understand the transmission dynamics of measles, we have developed a new epidemiological model while considering both integer and fractional order operators and presented comparison. The Caputo fractional model has a unique solution with the positively invariant region. On the basis of basic reproduction number R0, stability analysis is discussed and sensitivity of parameters is investigated using PRCC global technique. Not only parameters but fractional order χ is also optimized via nonlinear least-squares approach with availability of statistical data obtained from WHO. Various simulations in terms of time series plots, 3D meshes and contours are carried out to observe effects of parameters on dynamics of the epidemic wherein it is said to be persistent for χ→0 demonstrating the role being played by Caputo fractional derivative towards measles dynamics.

Keywords: Caputo; Real data; Invariant region; Sensitivity; Contagious; Numerical simulations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2021.110766

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