Stability and Hopf bifurcation for a delayed diffusive competition model with saturation effect

Abstract

This paper presents an investigation on the dynamics of a delayed diffusive competition model with saturation effect. We first perform the stability analysis of the positive equilibrium and the existence of Hopf bifurcations. It is shown that the positive equilibrium is asymptotically stable under some conditions, and that there exists a critical value of delay, when the delay increases across it, the positive equilibrium loses its stability and a spatially homogeneous or inhomogeneous periodic solution emerges from the positive equilibrium. Then, we derive the formulas for the determination of the direction of Hopf bifurcation and the properties of the bifurcating periodic solutions. Finally, some numerical simulations are performed to illustrate the obtained results.

Keywords

• competitive model
• time delay
• diffusion
• stability
• hopf bifurcation