Approximating solution of Fabrizio-Caputo Volterra's model for population growth in a closed system by homotopy analysis method (Q680375)

Summary: Volterra's model for population growth in a closed system consists in an integral term to indicate accumulated toxicity besides the usual terms of the logistic equation. Scudo in 1971 suggested the Volterra model for a population \(u(t)\) of identical individuals to show crowding and sensitivity to ``total metabolism'': \(d u / d t = a u(t) - b u^2(t) - c u(t) \int_0^t u(s) d \mathrm{s}\). In this paper our target is studying the existence and uniqueness as well as approximating the following Caputo-Fabrizio Volterra's model for population growth in a closed system: \(^{\mathrm{CF}}\mathcal{D}^\alpha u(t) = a u(t) - b u^2(t) - c u(t) \int_0^t u(s) d s\), \(\alpha \in [0,1]\), subject to the initial condition \(u(0) = 0\). The mechanism for approximating the solution is homotopy analysis method which is a semianalytical technique to solve nonlinear ordinary and partial differential equations. Furthermore, we use the same method to analyze a similar closed system by considering classical Caputo's fractional derivative. Comparison between the results for these two factional derivatives is also included.