Dynamical analysis of fractional-order differentiated Cournot triopoly game

Abstract

The objective of the article is to study the dynamics of the proposed fractional-order Cournot triopoly game. Sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of the triopoly game solution are obtained. Stability analysis of equilibrium points of the fractional-order game is also discussed. The conditions for the presence of Nash equilibrium point along with its global stability analysis are studied. The interesting dynamical behaviors of the arbitrary-order Cournot triopoly game are discussed. Moreover, the effects of seasonal periodic forcing on the game’s behaviors are examined. The 0–1 test is used to distinguish between regular and irregular dynamics of system behaviors. Numerical analysis is used to verify the theoretical results that are obtained, and revealed that the nonautonomous fractional-order model induces more complicated dynamics in the Cournot triopoly game behavior and the seasonally forced game exhibits more complex dynamics than the unforced one.