Controlling bifurcation in a delayed fractional predator-prey system with incommensurate orders

This paper investigates an issue of bifurcation control for a novel incommensurate fractional-order predator-prey system with time delay. Firstly, the associated characteristic equation is analyzed by taking time delay as the bifurcation parameter, and the conditions of creation for Hopf bifurcation are established. It is demonstrated that time delay can heavily effect the dynamics of the proposed system and each order has a major influence on the creation of bifurcation simultaneously. Then, a linear delayed feedback controller is introduced to successfully control the Hopf bifurcation for such system. It is shown that the control effort is markedly influenced by feedback gain. It is further found that the onset of the bifurcation can be delayed as feedback gain decreases. Finally, two illustrative examples are exploited to verify the validity of the obtained newly results. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.