In this paper, we propose a class of discrete SIR epidemic models which are derived from SIR epidemic models with distributed delays by using a variation of the backward Euler method.
Applying a Lyapunov functional technique, it is shown that the global dynamics of each discrete SIR epidemic model are fully determined by a single threshold parameter and the effect of discrete time delays are harmless for the global stability of the endemic equilibrium of the model.
Citation: Yoichi Enatsu, Yukihiko Nakata, Yoshiaki Muroya. Global stability for a class of discrete SIR epidemic models[J]. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2010, 7(2): 347-361. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2010.7.347
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a class of discrete SIR epidemic models which are derived from SIR epidemic models with distributed delays by using a variation of the backward Euler method.
Applying a Lyapunov functional technique, it is shown that the global dynamics of each discrete SIR epidemic model are fully determined by a single threshold parameter and the effect of discrete time delays are harmless for the global stability of the endemic equilibrium of the model.