Dynamics and Event-Triggered Impulsive Control of a Fractional-Order Epidemic Model with Time Delay

Abstract

Due to the lack of timely protection measures against infectious diseases, or based on the particularity of the transmission of some infectious diseases and the time-varying connections between people, the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases in the information society are becoming more and more complex and changeable. A fractional-order epidemic mathematical model with network weighting and latency is proposed in this paper, and the stability near the disease-free equilibrium point and endemic equilibrium point are discussed separately. Subsequently, an event-triggered impulsive control strategy based on an infection rate threshold is put forward. By selecting the appropriate control gain, the Zeno phenomenon can be eliminated on the premise of ensuring the stability of the control error system. Finally, the theoretical results were validated numerically and some conclusions are presented. These findings contribute to future research on the limited-time event-triggered impulsive control of infectious diseases.