State-dependent neutral delay equations from population dynamics

A novel class of state-dependent delay equations is derived from the balance laws of age-structured population dynamics, assuming that birth rates and death rates, as functions of age, are piece-wise constant and that the length of the juvenile phase depends on the total adult population size. The r...

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Main Authors: Barbarossa, Maria Vittoria (Author) , Hadeler, Karl-Peter (Author) , Kuttler, Christina (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 13 August 2014
In: Journal of mathematical biology
Year: 2014, Volume: 69, Issue: 4, Pages: 1027-1056
ISSN:1432-1416
DOI:10.1007/s00285-014-0821-8
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00285-014-0821-8
Verlag, Volltext: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00285-014-0821-8
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Author Notes:M.V. Barbarossa, K.P. Hadeler, C. Kuttler
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Summary:A novel class of state-dependent delay equations is derived from the balance laws of age-structured population dynamics, assuming that birth rates and death rates, as functions of age, are piece-wise constant and that the length of the juvenile phase depends on the total adult population size. The resulting class of equations includes also neutral delay equations. All these equations are very different from the standard delay equations with state-dependent delay since the balance laws require non-linear correction factors. These equations can be written as systems for two variables consisting of an ordinary differential equation (ODE) and a generalized shift, a form suitable for numerical calculations. It is shown that the neutral equation (and the corresponding ODE—shift system) is a limiting case of a system of two standard delay equations.
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ISSN:1432-1416
DOI:10.1007/s00285-014-0821-8