Bifurcation and control of a predator-prey system with unfixed functional responses

Abstract

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>In this paper we investigate a discrete-time predator-prey system with not only some constant parameters but also unfixed functional responses including growth rate function of prey, conversion factor function and predation probability function. We prove that the maximal number of fixed points is <inline-formula><tex-math id="M1">\begin{document}$ 3 $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> and give necessary and sufficient conditions of exactly <inline-formula><tex-math id="M2">\begin{document}$ j $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>(<inline-formula><tex-math id="M3">\begin{document}$ j = 1,2,3 $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>) fixed points, respectively. For transcritical bifurcation and Neimark-Sacker bifurcation, we provide bifurcation conditions depending on these unfixed functional responses. In order to regulate the stability of this biological system, a hybrid control strategy is used to control the Neimark-Sacker bifurcation. Finally, we apply our main results to some examples and carry out numerical simulations for each example to verify the correctness of our theoretical analysis.</p>