Bifurcations in a Model for Insect Outbreak - Dynamical Systems | Lecture 10

Now that we've spent the past few video lectures learning about bifurcations, it's time to put our knowledge into practice! In this lecture we look at a model for insect outbreak and study the bifurcations in it. We begin by nondimensionalizing the model to reduce the number of parameters. With the two remaining parameters we demonstrate that a saddle-node bifurcation takes place in the model along a curve in parameter space. We interpret the different regions in parameter space in terms of outbreak prevent and conservation, giving an application of the theoretical techniques learned in lecture. This course is taught by Jason Bramburger for Concordia University. More information on the instructor: https://hybrid.concordia.ca/jbrambur/ Follow @jbramburger7 on Twitter for updates.