Norio Yoshida

Uniqueness of Positive Solutions of the Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered-Deceased Epidemic Model

abstract:
The uniqueness of positive solutions of Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered-Deceased (SIRD) epidemic model is investigated and it is shown that there exists one and only one solution of an initial value problem for SIRD differential system in the class of positive solutions. Our approach is based on the uniqueness of positive solutions of an initial value problem for some nonlinear differential equation of first order which is satisfied by the number of recovered individuals $R(t)$.

Mathematics Subject Classification: 34A34

Key words and phrases: Uniqueness, SIRD epidemic model, positive solution, an initial value problem, SIRD differential system