This study is concerned with applying fractional calculus in modelling tuberculosis (TB) transmission dynamics. A new six-dimensional fractional-order mathematical model in the sense of the Caputo derivative operator is formulated to capture memory effects in the spread process of tuberculosis....

The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged almost every part of the world, causing severe loss of life and economic damage to the world economy. This study proposes a mathematical model of SARS-COV-2 by considering the high-risk population. We establish the local and global stability of the model based...

The burden of illicit drug use and terrorism has become a significant health and social problem in many developing countries. Illicit drug use and terrorism have negatively affected the economy and development of some nations because the death rate due to these two phenomena is increasing daily,...

Purpose The authors characterize the conditions under which a country may eventually split and when it splits within an infinite horizon multi-stage differential game. Design/methodology/approach In contrast to the existing literature, the authors do not assume that after splitting, players will...