Existence of positive periodic solutions for a neutral population model with delays and impulse (Q2378818)

The authors use the abstract continuation theorem for \(k\)-set contract operators to obtain sufficient conditions for the existence of positive periodic solutions for the following impulsive system \[ \frac{dN}{dt}=N(t)\left[ a(t)-e(t)N(t)-\sum_{i=1}^n b_i(t)N(t-\sigma_i(t))- \sum_{i=1}^m c_i(t)N'(t-\tau_i(t))\right],\quad t\neq t_k, \] \[ N(t_k^+)=(1+\alpha_k)N(t_k^-). \]