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Abstract
Melnikov's method is applied to an SIR model of epidemic dynamics with a periodically modulated nonlinear incidence rate. This analysis establishes mathematically, for the first time, the existence of chaotic motion in these models. A related technique also makes it possible to prove that homoclinic bifurcations occurs in the model.Mesh:
Year: 1997 PMID: 9120378 DOI: 10.1007/s002850050056
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Math Biol ISSN: 0303-6812 Impact factor: 2.259