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NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF A FOUR-STAGE AGE-STRUCTURED POPULATION DYNAMICS MODEL WITH SPATIAL DIFFUSION FOR DESERT LOCUSTS

Authors

  • Nestor RAMDE
  • Amidou TRAORE
  • Seydou SORE
  • Yacouba SIMPORE
  • Ousseynou NAKOULIMA

Keywords:

numerical solutions, desert locusts, convergence, finite differences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17654/0975045226001

Abstract

Consider a linear system of a locust population dynamics model structured on age, space with non-local boundary conditions. The behavior of the terms of the numerical solutions of this model is studied using the finite difference method, as well as the convergence (consistency and stability) of the method. Numerical illustrations of the schemes are proposed.

Received: June 2, 2025
Revised: July 18, 2025
Accepted: July 30, 2025

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2025-09-01

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NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF A FOUR-STAGE AGE-STRUCTURED POPULATION DYNAMICS MODEL WITH SPATIAL DIFFUSION FOR DESERT LOCUSTS. (2025). International Journal of Numerical Methods and Applications, 26(1), 1-38. https://doi.org/10.17654/0975045226001

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