Melnikov analysis of chaos in a simple SIR model with periodically or stochastically modulated nonlinear incidence rate

Abstract

In this paper, Melnikov analysis of chaos in a simple SIR model with periodically or stochastically modulated nonlinear incidence rate and the effect of periodic and bounded noise on the chaotic motion of SIR model possessing homoclinic orbits are detailed investigated. Based on homoclinic bifurcation, necessary conditions for possible chaotic motion as well as sufficient condition are derived by the random Melnikov theorem, and to establish the threshold of bounded noise amplitude for the onset of chaos.