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Theory and Modern Applications

Table 1 Description of the parameters

From: Analysis of Caputo fractional-order model for COVID-19 with lockdown

Parameter

Description

Λ

recruitment rate

β

infection contact rate

\(\lambda _{1}\), \(\lambda _{2}\)

imposition of lockdown on susceptible and infectives respectively

\(\gamma _{1}\), \(\gamma _{2}\)

recovery rate in I and \(I_{L}\) respectively

\(\alpha _{1}\), \(\alpha _{2}\)

death rate due to infection in I and \(I_{L}\) respectively

natural death rate

\(\theta _{1} \)

rate of transfer of susceptible lockdown individuals to susceptible class

\(\theta _{2} \)

rate of transfer of infective lockdown individuals to infective class

μ

rate of implementation of the lockdown program

ϕ

rate of depletion of the lockdown program