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LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS FOR AN SIR EPIDEMIC MODEL WITH INFORMATION DEPENDENT VACCINATION AND DISEASE MORTALITY

Authors

  • Francesca Centrone
  • Ernesto Salinelli

Keywords:

SIR models with vaccination, behavioural epidemiology, rational exemption, global stability, disease extra mortality, Lyapunov functions

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17654/0972087125010

Abstract

In this work we study the global stability of the endemic equilibrium in an SIR model with information dependent vaccination coverage and extra mortality due to the disease. We make use of a technique based on Lyapunov functions, thus shedding new light on the results in [7].

Received: October 7, 2024
Accepted: November 13, 2024

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2025-05-02

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LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS FOR AN SIR EPIDEMIC MODEL WITH INFORMATION DEPENDENT VACCINATION AND DISEASE MORTALITY. (2025). Far East Journal of Mathematical Sciences (FJMS), 142(2), 173-190. https://doi.org/10.17654/0972087125010

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