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Original Articles

Investigation of time-fractional mathematical model of COVID-19 with nonsingular kernel

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Pages 307-317 | Received 25 Jun 2021, Accepted 25 Aug 2022, Published online: 14 Sep 2022

Abstract

In this article, a mathematical model of COVID-19 is investigated using the Atangana–Baleanu in sense of Caputo fractional operator. Mathematical analysis and modeling has led the results (allow policymakers to understand and predicts the dynamics of infectious disease under several different scenarios) about various nonpharmaceutical involvements to restrict the spread of pandemic disease worldwide. The present investigation meant to study worldwide research activity on mathematical modeling of spread and control of several infectious diseases with a known history of serious outbreaks. The existence of a unique solution is studied using a fixed point theorems. The stability of the solution is carried out through the concept of Ulam–Hyers stability. The considered model is computationally analyzed through the Adams–Bashforth technique. A fresh investigation with the proposed epidemic model is brought and the obtain results are define using plots which shows the performance of the classes of the consider model. The results show that the proposed scheme is very insistent and obvious to operate for the system of nonlinear equations. One can see a quick stability of all the compartments as the order decrease to noninteger values as compared to integer-order θ = 1. All theoretical results are simulated and validated through numerical simulations.

1. Introduction

A novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a great contagious and life-threatening disease worldwide (Li et al., Citation2020; World Health Organization, Citation2020a, Citation2020b). In recent pandemic, all individual faces dangerous attacks by coronavirus several times, and many viruses with respect to types are SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV (Brauer & Castillo-Chavez, Citation2001; Chowell, Fenimore, & Castillo-Garsow, Citation2003; Hui et al., Citation2020; Martcheva, Citation2015). All the patients have almost the same symptoms, with headache, fever, cough and respiratory problems. However, COVID-19 is more dangerous as compare to the previous virus (Hui et al., Citation2020). Throughout the world, most of the regions affected by the morbidity of the disease and vary with the passage of time. COVID-19 disperse rapidly from one region to another region by the air-travel (Bogoch et al., Citation2020; Huang et al., Citation2020; Wu, Leung, & Leung, Citation2020). WHO provide an advisory to control the spreading of COVID-19 to all suffered countries for precautions and screening at both terminals of the region, exit and entry (National Centre for Disease Control, Citation2020a; World Health Organization, Citation2020b). In April 2020, many individuals have confirmed positive COVID-19 as well as many people quarantined and large number of peoples are in the asymptomatic phase.

The migrated, exposed and those who are infected but have no clear symptoms of COVID-19 are very dangerous because they met other and more peoples are being affected. The evolution period for these apartments are 2–14 days which is being infectious at any time (Worldometer, Citation2020). Most of the people infected with COVID-19 feels light to medium respiratory difficulty and recover without proper conduct. But old or those who have medical history like heart disease, respiratory diseases, diabetes and cancer are very near to cause serious infection. Coughing, sneezing or speaking with a short distance and droplets of the infected person are the main sources of spreading of COVID-19. Infection may caused by touching polluted things, and then, touch nose, mouth or eyes before washing hands (Michael, Citation2020). Therefore, in most regions the analysis sampling of the exposed, asymptomatic and quarantined apartments for verification of COVID-19 illness is very low due to the lack of medical resources.

In most populated countries, movement as well as chances of interaction among people is very high in public places. This is also the fact that the rate of migration is very high from highly infected countries, due to which chances of infection with COVID-19 increasing in these countries (Lin et al., Citation2020). The dispersion of disease due to communication and no proper treatment is existing yet, so the only way to control the disease by social distancing and avoid communication to each other. Therefore, these countries adopted the lockdown policy or smart lockdown policy (Lin et al., Citation2020; National Centre for Disease Control, Citation2020b). For nondifferential solution, fractal geometry, fractal calculus and fractional calculus have become hot topic in both mathematics and engineering, for instances (He, Citation2014, Citation2018; He & Ain, Citation2020; He & El-Dib, Citation2020; He, Elagan, & Li, Citation2012; He, Qie, & He, Citation2021; Wang, Wang, & He, Citation2019).

In the meantime, it is a critical issue to fight the current satiation to defend human society from this viral-infection worldwide. Social distancing, washing hands with soap regularly, wearing masks, etc., are the precautions to protect from this infectious disease (Social Distancing, Quarantine, and Isolation-CDC, Citation2020).

The use of an acceptable detachment alongside disease extension is another struggle; mathematical modeling is one of the powerful ways to control such challenges through analysis without going to pharmaceutical involvements. Several infectious disease models were adapted in latterly published literature that provide us to complete control such syndrome (Cao, Xia, & Zhao, Citation2020; Jung et al., Citation2020; Lin et al., Citation2020; Ma, Citation2020). Here, we investigate a mathematical model of the caronavirus (Khan et al., Citation2020). (1) {dSh(t)dt=Π*(β1*Ih(t)+β2*W(t)+d*)Sh(t),dIh(t)dt=(β1*Ih(t)+β2*W(t)+d*)Sh(t)(σ*+d*+d1*)Ih(t),dRh(t)dt=σ*Ih(t)d*Rh(t),dW(t)dt=α*Ih(t)η*W(t).(1)

The details of parameters utilized in the above system with description are given as under:

  • Sh(t),Ih(t) and Rh(t) represent the susceptible, infected and recovered population, respectively, while W(t) symbolizes the reservoirs compartment.

  • Π* is the new birth rate, represent susceptible class.

  • β1*,β2* are coefficients of communication of disease.

  • d* rate of natural mortality.

  • d1* death rate caused by the disease.

  • σ* recovery rate.

  • η* virus removing rate.

  • α* ratio of virus in seafood market

Here, we study boundedness of the solutions for the considered model Equation(1). Suppose N(t) be the total Inhabitants for time t. The derivative of N(t) w.r.t time and utilizing parameters from the considered model, we obtain dN(t)dtdNΠ*.

Solution for the above equation by utilizing the initial conditions Sh(0)0,Ih(0)0,Rh(0)0,W(0)0 and N(0)=N0 has the system N(t)Π*d*+(N0Π*d*)ed*t.

The above solution may be bounded when t varies without bound.

The thresh hold quantity along with other qualitative study have been mentioned for the proposed model Equation(1) as (2) (Sh0,0,0,0,0), where Sh0=Π*d*,R0=β1Π*d*(σ*+d*+d1*)+α*β2*Π*η*d*(σ*+d*+d1*),Sh*=η*(σ*+d*+d1*)η*β1*+α*β2*, Ih*=η*d*(σ*+d*+d1*)(R01)σ*β1*η*+σ*β2*α*+d*β1*η*+d*β2*α*+d1*β1*η*+d1*β2*α*,Rh*=σ*d*Ih*, W*=α*η*(σ*+d*+d1*)(R01)σ*β1*η*+σ*β2*α*+d*β1*η*+d*β2*α*+d1*β1*η*+d1*β2*α*.(2)

For many decades, the area of fractional calculus (FC) has offered a natural background for debate of numerous types of real problems demonstrated with the help of fractional operators, such as diffusion processes, signal processing, control processing, viscoelastic systems, fractional stochastic systems and many branches of biology (Kilbas, Marechiv, & Samko, Citation1993; Kilbas, Srivastava, & Trujillo, Citation2006; Miller & Ross, Citation1993; Omay & Baleanu, Citation2021). The FC has the potential to describe the preservation and traditional aspects of many objects and to develop them more precisely as compared to integer-order models. The aforementioned field has been studied with more aspects such as evoluation theory, as well as using numerical approaches. There are numerous ways to solve the nonlinear fractional-order mathematical models (Khan, Li, Khan, & Khan, Citation2019; Kumar, Kumar, Agarwal, & Samet, Citation2020; Peter et al., Citation2021; Veeresha, Prakasha, & Kumar, Citation2020; Xu, Liao, Li, & Yuan, Citation2021).

Over the last few years, several definitions of fractional operators have been suggested and applied to improve mathematical models for various real-world cases covering remembrance, history or nonlocal special properties. These models comprise numerous fractional operators like Hilfer operator, Caputo, Riemann–Liouville (Atangana & Gömez-Aguilar, Citation2018b; Caputo, Citation1967; Furati, Kassim, & Tatar, Citation2012; Sweilam, Al-Mekhlafi, & Baleanu, Citation2021; Veeresha, Prakasha, & Baskonus, Citation2019). The Caputo derivative has a power-law kernel and has restrictions to using in modeling physical phenomena, while Caputo–Fabrizio (CF) derivative has a kernel with rapid decay (Caputo & Fabrizio, Citation2015). This novel derivative has a nonsingular kernel and has vast applications for modeling particularly physical type problems which follows the exponential decay law. Nowadays, physical and mathematical models having the CF derivative have a notable development (Atangana & Gömez-Aguilar, Citation2017; Dokuyucu, Celik, Bulut, & Baskonu, Citation2018; Kumar, Chauhan, Momani, & Hadid, Citation2020; Kumar, Kumar, Momani, & Hadid, Citation2021; Qu, Liu, Lu, Ur Rahman, & She, Citation2022). However, the CF operator has sometimes disorder related to the kernel’s locality. To remove these disorder, Atangana and Baleanu further generalized the nonsingular kernel to nonsingular and nonlocal kernel (Atangana & Baleanu, Citation2016). Several researchers have used this new concept to real-world problems. In fractional calculus, this new operator (ABC) delivers a reliable explanation of the remembrance. It has been observed that the fractional-order differential equations are engaged in modeling phenomena very accurately. Globally, the spreading of the disease focuses the attention on enormous areas of research which directed the appearance of many suggestions to investigate and expect the improvement of the epidemic. The essential presentations of the ABC operator can be seen in (Atangana & Gömez-Aguilar, Citation2018a; Chen et al., Citation2020; Ivorra, Ferrández, Vela-Pérez, & Ramos, Citation2020; Kumar, Ahmadian, et al., Citation2020; Kumar, Kumar, Cattani, & Samet, Citation2020; Maier & Brockmann, Citation2020; Zhang, Ur Rahman, Arfan, & Ali, Citation2021).

In this article, our main focus relates to the concern of the very famous class, that is, COVID-19, which is currently emerging in medical science (Trilla, Citation2020; Wong et al., Citation2015). The key objective is to analyze the fluctuation of infections of COVID-19, by a deterministic study of the compartments of the model for the current situation and to take the precautionary steps to handle the COVID-19 outbreak in affected areas. We will study the existence and uniqueness, practical analysis and numerical calculations on observed the dynamics of the distinguishing flow and extension of coronavirus effects and controlling the speed of spreading the virus.

Here, we reconsider the model Equation(1) with fractional operator in ABC sense with 0<θ1 as follows: (3) {ABCDtθ(S(t))=Π*(β1*Ih(t)+β2*W(t)+d*)Sh(t),ABCDtθ(I(t))=(β1*Ih(t)+β2*W(t)+d*)Sh(t)(σ*+d*+d1*)Ih(t),ABCDtθ(R(t))=σ*Ih(t)d*Rh(t),ABCDtθ(W(t))=α*Ih(t)η*W(t),(3) under the initial values S(0)=S0,I(0)=I0,R(0)=R0,W(0)=W0.

As for the motivation of the fractional-order analysis is due to its memory properties different fractional operators. As it has a nonsingular operator so it is defined on all points. It gives us the information lying between two different values of 0 and 1 by providing the whole density and continuous spectrum of the dynamics of each compartmental quantity. By the application of ABC derivative it also converted into Volterra integral equation as proved in the numerical iterative scheme of Adams–Bashforth method along with initial conditions. The Volterra integral equation is then converted into operator form as proved in existence and uniqueness of solution. On application of the fractional integration of ABC we get one extra term then as given in Caputo anti-derivative. Therefore, the ABC operator gives more information as compared with Caputo operator.

This article is organized as follows: In Section 2, we take some fundamental results related to our work. In Section 3, we have to obtained some theoretical results. The analytical and numerical results for each compartment are shown in Section 4. The conclusion presented in the last Section 5.

2. Basic definitions

Here, some significant definitions and results related to FC and nonlinear study are presented (Abdeljawad & Baleanu, Citation2016; Zhang et al., Citation2021).

Definition 1.

Suppose a mapping ϕH1[0,T]. The ABC derivative with fractional order in Caputo modes of order θ[0,1] is given as (4) ABCDtθ(ϕ(t))=N(θ)1θ0tEθ[θ1θ(t)θ]ddϕ()d,(4) where N(θ)>0 is the normalize function and N(0)=1=N(1) and Eθ is the Mittag–Leffler function which is as Eθ(y)=k=0ykΓ(θk+1), here, Γ(.) is known as a Gamma function and Re(θ)>0.

Definition 2.

Suppose ϕL1(0,T) be a function, then the L.H.S of ABC fractional-order integral of order θ(0,1] is (5) ABCItθϕ(t)=1θN(θ)ϕ(t)+θN(θ)1Γ(θ)0t(t)θ1ϕ()d,t>0.(5)

Lemma 1.

In (Abdeljawad & Baleanu, Citation2016), the solution for the following problem is given as and for θ(0,1] (6) ABCDtθϕ(t)=Ψ(t),ϕ(0)=ϕ0,(6) by assuming that(7) ϕ(t)=ϕ0+1θN(θ)Ψ(t)+θN(θ)1Γ(θ)0t(t)θ1Ψ()d.(7)

Theorem 1.

Let us suppose that M is a Banach space and EM be a closed, convex and bounded set. If a continuous operator ϕ:EE such that ϕEM and ϕE is comparatively compact, then ϕ must have at least one fixed point in E.

3. Qualitative analysis

3.1. Existence for at least one solution

Here, we analyze stability. uniqueness and existence of model Equation(3). For this purpose, we reformulate the considered model in the form (8) {ABCDtθS(t)=J1(S,I,R,W,t)=Π*(β1*Ih(t)+β2*W(t)+d*)Sh(t),ABCDtθI(t)=J2(S,I,R,W,t)=(β1*Ih(t)+β2*W(t)+d*)Sh(t)(σ*+d*+d1*)Ih(t),ABCDtθR(t)=J3(S,I,R,W,t)=σ*Ih(t)d*Rh(t),ABCDtθW(t)=J4(S,I,R,W,t)=α*Ih(t)η*W(t),(8) writing the model Equation(3) as (9) ABCDtθ(t)=Ψ(t,(t)),(0)=0,(9) where (10) {:=(S,I,R,W)T,0:=(S0,I0,R0,W0)T,Ψ(t,(t)):=Ki(S,I,R,W,t)T,i=1,2,3,4,(10) with (.)T present the rearrange of the vector. By using Lemma 1, the system Equation(9) may be written in fractional integral form (11) (t)=0+1θN(θ)Ψ(t,(t))+θN(θ)Γ(θ)0t(tϕ)θ1Ψ(,())d.(11)

We define the Banach space ϒ=C([0,T],R) with the norm =supt[0,T]|(t)|. Next, we explain the Banach space Π=(ϒ3,) with the mesh =supt[0,T](|S|+|I|+|R|+|W|).

Here, we show the existence solution of the considered system Equation(3), using fixed point theory approach.

Theorem 2.

Let a continuous function ΨΠ and with P>0, |Ψ(t,(t))|P(1+||), t[0,T] and Π. For EquationEq. (3) there exist at-least one solution in the form (Jarad, Abdeljawad, & Hammouch, Citation2018)(12) 1=((1θ)Γ(θ)P+PTθN(θ)Γ(θ))<1.(12)

Proof.

It is clear that EquationEq. (3) is equivalent to the fractional-order integral EquationEq. (11). Let us choose the operator F:ΠΠ defined by (13) (F)(t)=0+1θN(θ)Ψ(t,(t))+θ(θ)Γ(θ)0t(t)θ1Ψ(,())d.(13)

The bounded closed convex ball can be defined as θϱ={Π:ϱ,ϱ>0} with ϱ211, where (14) 2=|0|+1θN(θ)P+TθN(θ)Γ(θ)P.(14)

Next, we present that (Fθϱ)θϱ, t[0,T], then, we have (15) |(F)(t)||0|+1θN(θ)|Ψ(t,(t))|+θN(θ)Γ(θ)0t(t)θ1|Ψ(,())|d,|0|+1θN(θ)P(1+|(t)|)+θN(θ)Γ(θ)0t(t)θ1P(1+|(t)|)d.(15)

And, θϱ, we obtain (F)(t)|0|+1θN(θ)P(1+(t))+TθN(θ)Γ(θ)P(1+(t)),|0|+1θN(θ)P+TθN(θ)Γ(θ)P+[1θN(θ)P+TθN(θ)Γ(θ)P]ϱ,2+1ϱϱ.

Hence, (Fθϱ)θϱ.

Now, we have to determined that the operator F is equicontinuous. Here, we assume {n} is a sequence n in θϱ as n, then, for every t[0,T], we have |(Fn)(t)(F)(t)|1θN(θ)|Ψ(t,n(t))Ψ(t,(t))|+θN(θ)Γ(θ)0t(t)θ1|Ψ(,n())Ψ(,())|d1θN(θ)Ψ(t,n(t))Ψ(t,(t))+TθN(θ)Γ(θ)Ψ(,n())Ψ(,()).

From the continuous function Ψ, we obtain (Fn)(t)(F)(t)0asn0, hence, F is continuous θϱ.

Next, we show that (Fθϱ) is relatively compact operator. As (Fθϱ)θϱ, thus, (Fθϱ) is uniformly bounded. To prove that F is equicontinuous on Bϱ, let θϱ for t1,t2[0,T] with t1<t2, then, F(t2)F(t1)1θN(θ)|Ψ(t2,(t2))Ψ(t1,(t1))|+θN(θ)Γ(θ)|[0t2(t2)θ10t1(t1)θ1]Ψ(,())d|1θN(θ)|Ψ(t2,(t2))Ψ(t1,(t1))|+θN(θ)K(1+)Γ(θ+1)(t2θt1θ).

The right side F(t2)F(t1)0 as t2t1. In view of famouse Arzela-Ascoli theorem, (Fθϱ) is compact and so F is entirely continuous. Hence, model Equation(3) has at least one solution. □

3.2. Uniqueness of solution for model (3)

Here, we discuss that the considered model Equation(3) has a unique solution.

Theorem 3.

Solution of the fractional-order derivative of system Equation(3) posses a unique solution, whenever, the following assumption holds(16) (11θN(θ)ZθN(θ)ΓθZT)0.(16)

Proof.

To prove the uniqueness of the EquationEq. (3) with assumption S1(t),I1(t),R1(t) and W1(t) as the other solution set, so (17) S(t)S1(t)=1θN(θ)(J1(t,S)J1(t,S1))+θN(θ)Γθ0t(J1(,S)J1(,S1))d,(17) wetting the norm on Equation(17), we get (18) SS1=1θN(θ)(J1(t,S)J1(t,S1))+θN(θ)Γθ0t(J1(t,S)J1(t,S1))d1θN(θ)Z1SS1+θN(θ)ΓθZ1TSS1.(18)

Hence, (19) SS1(11θN(θ)ZθN(θ)ΓθZT)0.(19)

Clearly, S1=S, if Equation(16) holds. Further, I1=I,R1=R and W1=W, we show that the solution is unique. □

3.3. UlamHyers stability

For the stability of the considered model Equation(3), we utilize the following theorem.

Theorem 4.

Let a continuous function be ΨΠ and a constant Z>0 |Ψ(t,)Ψ(t,˜)|Z|˜|,t[0,T] and Π with 1>(1θ)Γ(θ)Z+ZTθN(θ)Γ(θ). Suppose and ˜ be solution for model Equation(9) and(20) ABCDtθ˜(t)=Ψ(t,˜(t)),˜(0)=0+ϵ0,(20) respectively, where(21) {˜=(S˜,I˜,R˜,W˜)T,0+ϵ=(S0+ϵ,I0+ϵ,R0+ϵ,W0+ϵ)T,Ψ(t,X˜(t))=Ki(S˜,I˜,R˜,W˜)T,(21) then,(22) U˜[1(1θ)Γ(θ)Z+ZTθN(θ)Γ(θ)]1|ε|.(22)

Proof.

The solution of the EquationEqs. (9) and Equation(20) are equivalent to the integral EquationEq. (11) along with (23) U˜(t)=0+ϵ+1θN(θ)Ψ(t,U˜(t))+θN(θ)Γ(θ)0t(t)θ1Ψ(,U˜())d,(23) for all t[0,T], |(t)U˜(t)||ϵ|+1θN(θ)|Ψ(t,(t))Ψ(t,˜(t))|+θN(θ)Γ(θ)0t(t)θ1|Ψ(,())Ψ(,˜())|d,|ϵ|+1θN(θ)Z|(t)˜(t)|+θN(θ)Γ(θ)0t(t)θ1Z|()˜()|d,|ϵ|+[1θN(θ)+TθN(θ)Γ(θ)]Z˜, we obtain ˜|ϵ|+[(1θ)Γ(θ)+TθN(θ)Γ(θ)]Z˜.

Hence, ˜[1(1θ)Γ(θ)Z+ZTθN(θ)Γ(θ)]1|ε|.

This completes the proof of the theorem. □

4. Numerical scheme

To study the numerical solution of the model Equation(3) by Adams–Bashforth technique (Toufik & Atangana, Citation2017) to find the ABC fractional-order integral. Using the initial condition along with the integer-order operator ABCI0θ, EquationEq. (3) can be converted into fractional-order integral equations as (24) {S(t)S(0)=ABI0θY1(S(t),t),I(t)I(0)=ABI0θY2(I(t),t),R(t)R(0)=ABI0θY3(R(t),t),W(t)W(0)=ABI0θY4(W(t),t),(24) which gives (25) {S(t)S(0)=1θN(θ)Y1(S(t),t)+θN(θ)Γ(θ)0t(t)θ1Y1(S(),)d,I(t)I(0)=1θN(θ)Y2(I(t),t)+θN(θ)Γ(θ)0t(t)θ1Y2(I(),)d,R(t)R(0)=1θN(θ)Y3(R(t),t)+θN(θ)Γ(θ)0t(t)θ1Y3(R(),)d,W(t)W(0)=1θN(θ)Y4(W(t),t)+θN(θ)Γ(θ)0t(t)θ1Y4(W(),)d.(25)

For step-wise arrangement, setting t=tκ+1 for κ=0,1,2,3, in the given system (26) {S(tκ+1)S(0)=1θN(θ)Y1(S(tκ),tκ)+θN(θ)Γ(θ)p=0κtptp+1(tκ+1)θ1Y1(S(),)d,I(tκ+1)I(0)=1θN(θ)Y2(I(tκ),tκ)+θN(θ)Γ(θ)p=0κtptp+1(tκ+1)θ1Y2(I(),)d,R(tκ+1)R(0)=1θN(θ)Y3(R(tκ),tκ)+θN(θ)Γ(θ)p=0κtptp+1(tκ+1)θ1Y3(R(),)d,W(tκ+1)W(0)=1θN(θ)Y4(W(tκ),tκ)+θN(θ)Γ(θ)p=0κtptp+1(tκ+1)θ1Y4(W(),)d.(26)

Utilizing two points interpolation polynomials for the calculated functions Y1(S(),),Y2(I(),),Y3(R(),) and Y4(W(),) which are inside in the integral Equation(26) on interval [tp,tp+1], we obtain (27) {Y1(S(),)Y1(S(tp),tp)(ttp1)+Y1(S(tp1),tp1)(ttp),Y2(I(),)Y2(I(tp),tp)(ttp1)+Y2(I(tp1),tp1)(ttp),Y3(R(),)Y3(R(tp),tp)(ttp1)+Y3(R(tp1),tp1)(ttp),Y4(W(),)Y4(W(tp),tp)(ttp1)+Y4(W(tp1),tp1)(ttp),(27) which gives (28) S(tκ+1)=S(0)+1θN(θ)Y1(S(tκ),tκ)+θN(θ)Γ(θ)p=0κ(Y1(S(tp),tp)Ip1,θ+Y1(S(tp1),tp1)Ip,θ),I(tκ+1)=I(0)+1θN(θ)Y2(I(tκ),tκ)+θN(θ)Γ(θ)p=0κ(Y2(I(tp),tp)Ip1,θ+Y2(I(tp1),tp1)Ip,θ),R(tκ+1)=R(0)+1θN(θ)Y3(R(tκ),tκ)+θN(θ)Γ(θ)p=0κ(Y3(R(tp),tp)Ip1,θ+Y3(R(tp1),tp1)Ip,θ),W(tκ+1)=W(0)+1θN(θ)Y4(W(tκ),tκ)+θN(θ)Γ(θ)p=0κ(Y4(W(tp),tp)Ip1,θ+Y4(W(tp1),tp1)Ip,θ),(28) where Ip1,θ=tptp+1(ttp1)(tκ+1t)θ1dt, and Ip,θ=tptp+1(ttp)(tκ+1t)θ1dt. simplify Ip1,θ and Ip,θ give Ip1,θ=1θ[(tp+1tp1)(tκ+1tp+1)θ(tptp1)(tκ+1tp)θ]1θ(θ1)[(tκ+1tp+1)θ+1(tv+1tp)θ+1], and Ip,θ=1θ[(tp+1tp)(tκ+1tp+1)θ]1θ(θ1)[(tκ+1tp+1)θ+1(tκ+1tp)θ+1], put tp=p, one can easily find that (29) Ip1,θ=θ+1θ(θ+1)[(κ+1p)θ(sp+2+θ)(κp)θ(κp+2+2θ)],(29) and (30) Ip,θ=θ+1θ(θ+1)[(κ+1p)θ+1(κp)θ(κp+1+θ)].(30)

Substituting EquationEqs. (29) and Equation(30) into EquationEq. (28), we obtain (31) Sκ+1=S(t0)+(1θ)N(θ)[Y1(S(tκ),tκ)]+θN(θ)p=0κ(Y1(S(tκ),tκ)Γ(θ+2)×θ[(κ+1p)θ(κp+2+θ)(κp)θ(κp+2+2θ)]Y1(S(tκ1),tκ1)Γ(θ+2)θ[(κ+1p)θ+1(κp)θ(κp+1+θ)]),(31) (32) Iκ+1=I(t0)+(1θ)N(θ)[Y2(I(tκ),tκ)]+θN(θ)p=0κ(Y2(I(tκ),tκ)Γ(θ+2)×θ[(κ+1p)θ(κp+2+θ)(κp)θ(κp+2+2θ)]Y2(I(tκ1),tκ1)Γ(θ+2)θ[(κ+1p)θ+1(κp)θ(κp+1+θ)]),(32) (33) Rκ+1=R(t0)+(1θ)N(θ)[Y3(R(tκ),tκ)]+θN(θ)p=0κ(Y3(R(tκ),tκ)Γ(θ+2)×θ[(κ+1p)θ(κp+2+θ)(κp)θ(κp+2+2θ)]Y3(R(tκ1),tκ1)Γ(θ+2)θ[(κ+1p)θ+1(κp)θ(κp+1+θ)]),(33) (34) Wκ+1=W(t0)+(1θ)N(θ)[Y4(W(tκ),tκ)]+θN(θ)p=0κ(Y4(W(tκ),tκ)Γ(θ+2)×θ[(κ+1p)θ(κp+2+θ)(κp)θ(κp+2+2θ)]Y4(W(tκ1),tκ1)Γ(θ+2)θ[(κ+1p)θ+1(κp)θ(κp+1+θ)]).(34)

4.1. Numerical simulations and discussion

Here, we elaborate the numerical results of the COVID-19 fractional-order model Equation(3). For this, first we express the noninteger-order derivative of EquationEq. (3) in ABC sense and then applying the results of integer order. We use the famous numerical approach for COVID-19, introduced in EquationEq. (16), which is known as modified Adams–Bashforth numerical technique for ABC operator by using the iterative solutions obtained in EquationEqs. (31)–(34). The parameters in the considered model used in the simulation are given as Π*=0.093907997,β1*=0.00005,β2*=0.0000000123,d*=0.009567816, σ*=0.09871,d1*=0.00404720925,α*=0.0398,η*=0.01. The graphical interpretation of the numerical solutions of the compartments S(t),I(t),R(t),W(t) of the considered model Equation(3) for different fractional values θ=0.6,0.7,0.8,0.9,1.0 are presented in , where the combined plot for all the compartments for the above fractional values of θ is given in .

Figure 1. Dynamical behavior of the compartments involved in the fractional COVID-19 model Equation(3) at arbitrary fractional orders.

Figure 1. Dynamical behavior of the compartments involved in the fractional COVID-19 model Equation(3)(3) {ABCDtθ(S(t))=Π*−(β1*Ih(t)+β2*W(t)+d*)Sh(t),ABCDtθ(I(t))=(β1*Ih(t)+β2*W(t)+d*)Sh(t)−(σ*+d*+d1*)Ih(t),ABCDtθ(R(t))=σ*Ih(t)−d*Rh(t),ABCDtθ(W(t))=α*Ih(t)−η*W(t),(3) at arbitrary fractional orders.

Figure 2. Combine plots of each class in our fractional coronavirus model Equation(3) for the iterative series.

Figure 2. Combine plots of each class in our fractional coronavirus model Equation(3)(3) {ABCDtθ(S(t))=Π*−(β1*Ih(t)+β2*W(t)+d*)Sh(t),ABCDtθ(I(t))=(β1*Ih(t)+β2*W(t)+d*)Sh(t)−(σ*+d*+d1*)Ih(t),ABCDtθ(R(t))=σ*Ih(t)−d*Rh(t),ABCDtθ(W(t))=α*Ih(t)−η*W(t),(3) for the iterative series.

In , the four compartments have been simulated in (a)(d) subplots versus time t. Figure (a) represents the susceptible individuals where we can see a quick decay in this class. The results show converging behavior and develop the stability for various random values of θ. The green curve represent the stability of integer order, i.e., θ = 1, as the order of θ decrease to noninteger values, i.e., 0.9, 0.8, 0.7 and 0.6 so all the classes are quickly stable as compared to integer order which are represented by pink, black, red and blue curves, respectively. For the graphical representation, the time scale is in days. Similarly, figure (b) represents the basic results for the infected individuals. As with the susceptible individual, one can see a quick decay in the infected agent at various fractional orders. It also reveal that convergence and stability increase with the passage of time. Figure (c) represents the recovered population at different-order θ. In comparison, figure (a) and (b), show a quick increase at the initial time which shows that most of the people are infected and hospitalized. After some time, the growth curve decreases and shows that preventive steps give a rapid recovery and this compartment becomes stable. Figure (d) is for the reservoir class, which reveals a slight evolution in the beginning and reached the ultimate point with time. The gradual decay in the class can be seen for a short time and the solutions go to stable with the passage of time. From , we can see that the four classes of EquationEq. (3) at other various fractional orders of θ are very near to each other as compared to those in figure (a)(d), for the data given above. The numerical comparison is very closed to those in , but the plot at each fractional order have a large distance from each other. As we vary the order, the simulations converges to those related to integer order. One can also observe that four classes also show convergence and stability of the proposed model. In , the four compartments are plotted for time t, by using the data aforementioned.

5. Conclusion

In this work, we have successfully investigated a fractional model of COVID-19 under the nonsingular and nonlocal kernel ABC derivative operator. The considered model has been studied for the existence and uniqueness of the solution by applying the fixed point theory approach. For stability analysis, we have used the Ulam–Hyers stability approach. By utilizing (ABC) derivative operator with Adams–Bashforth scheme, we have simulated numerical results. The given plots have been discussed for various fractional-order 0<θ1. Universal spread motility has been reflected for a particular period. It has been observed that the stability of the model occurs quickly at lower fractional orders. At fractional-order equals to unity, the graphs converges to the integer-order curves. Thus, the considered model is more generalized than the classical model. In future, the proposed model can be studied through various nonlocal operators.

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