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  • Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
  • Mathematical Biology
  • Applied Mathematics

Publications

·         D. Xu and Z. Feng. A metapopulation model with local competitions, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (Series B), 12(2): 495-511, 2009.

·         Z. Feng, Y. Yang, D. Xu, P. Zhang, M. McCauley, M., J. W. Glasser. Timely identification of optimal control strategies for emerging infectious diseases, J. Theoretical Biology, 259: 165-171, 2009.

·         C. Castillo-Chavez, Z. Feng and D. Xu. A schistosomiasis model with mating structure and time delay, Mathematical Biosciences, 211, 333-341, 2008.

·         Y. Yang, D. Xu, Z. Feng. Analysis of a model with multiple infectious stages and arbitrarily distributed stage durations, Math. Model. Nat. Phenom. 3(7), 180-193, 2008.

·         Z. Feng, D. Xu, H. Zhao. Epidemiological models with non-exponentially distributed disease stages and applications to disease control, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 69 (5), 1511-1536, 2007.

·         P. Zhang, G. Sandland, Z. Feng, D. Xu, D. J. Minchella. Evolutionary implications for interactions between multiple strains of host and parasite, J. Theoretical Biology, 248, 225-240, 2007.

·         D. Xu, Z. Feng, L. Allen and R. K. Swihart. A spatially structured metapopulation model with patch dynamics, J. Theo. Bio., 239, 469-481, 2006.

·         D. Xu, J. Curtis, Z. Feng and D. J. Minchella. On the role of schistosome mating structure in the maintenance of resistant strains, Bulletin for Math. Bio., 67: 1207-1226, 2005.

·         D. Xu, X.-Q. Zhao. Dynamics in a periodic competitive model with stage structure, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 311: 417-438, 2005.

·         D. Xu, X.-Q. Zhao. Asymptotic speed of spread and traveling waves for a nonlocal epidemic model, Discrete Contin. Dynam. Systems, 5: 1043-1058, 2005.

·         D. Xu. Global dynamics and Hopf bifurcation of a structured population model, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 6: 461-476, 2005.

·         D. Xu, X.-Q. Zhao. Bistable waves in an epidemic model, J. of Dynamics and Differential equations, 16: 679-707, 2004.

·         D. Xu, X.-Q. Zhao. A nonlocal reaction-diffusion population model with stage structure, Canad. Appl. Math. Quart., 11: 303-319, 2003.

       Z. Jing, D. Xu, Y. Chang, L. Chen. Bifurcations, chaos, and system collapse in a three-node power system, International J. of Electrical Power Energy Systems, 25, 443-461, 2003.

·         Z. Jing, K. Y. Chan, D. Xu, H. Cao. Bifurcations of periodic solutions and chaos in Josephson system, Discrete Contin. Dynam. Systems, 7(3): 573-592, 2001.

·         D. Xu, D. Meng. The model and simulation of inhibition in the extrinsic path of blood coagulation: the dynamic effects of protein C, Acta Biophysica Sinica, 14: 657-665, 1998.  (Chinese)

Finished or on-going projects

·         D. Xu, J. D. Reeve, X. Wang and M.-Q. Xiao. Developmental variability and stability in continuous-time host-parasitoid models. Submitted to Theoretical Population Biology, 2009. (the paper available upon email requests)

·         M.-Q. Xiao, J. D. Reeve and D. Xu. Mean occupancy time for biased edge movement between two different habitat types. Submitted to Mathematical Biosciences, 2009. (the paper available upon email requests)

·         Y. Chang, D. Xu and Z. Jing. Complex dynamics in swing equations of a power system model. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Circuit and Systems II, 2009. (the paper available upon email requests)

·         The role of tuberculosis in high HIV prevalence populations. In preparation (with Z. Feng and M. Lannelli).

·         The role of drug treatments in the evolutionary dynamics of complex host-parasite interactions. In preparation (with Z. Feng, G. Sandland, D. J. Minchella, Y. Yang).

 

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