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Stability analysis of predator-prey models via the liapunov method

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As is well-known from the classical applications in the electrical and mechanical sciences, energy is a suitable Liapunov function: thus, by analogy, all energy functions proposed in ecology are potential Liapunov functions. In this paper, a generalized Lotka-Volterra model is considered and the stability properties of its non-trivial equilibrium are studied by means of an energy function first proposed by Volterra in the context of conservative ecosystems. The advantage of this Liapunov function with respect to the one that can be induced through linearization is also illustrated.

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    M. Gatto & S. Rinaldi

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Gatto, M., Rinaldi, S. Stability analysis of predator-prey models via the liapunov method. Bltn Mathcal Biology 39, 339–347 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02462913

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