Special Session 13: Nonlinear differential and difference equations with applications to population dynamics

Online social network models with varying population size

Min Wang
Kennesaw State University
USA
Co-Author(s):    Lingju Kong
Abstract:
In this talk, ordinary differential equation (ODE) and stochastic differential equation (SDE) models are developed to describe the dynamics of online social network user adoption and abandonment. A series of criteria on the uniqueness and positivity of solutions as well as the stability of the user-free equilibrium for both ODE and SDE models are obtained. Numerical simulations are then carried out to verify the qualitative analysis results.