On the existence, uniqueness and computational analysis of a fractional order spatial model for the squirrel population dynamics under the Atangana-Baleanu-Caputo operator

In this paper, we examine the fractional order analysis of a diffusion competition spatial model describing the interactions between the externally introduced grey and local red squirrel under the Atangana-Baleanu-Caputo (ABC) sense.  Also, we establish the existence and uniqueness analysis of the fractional order spatial model of the squirrel population dynamics, while the numerical computation of the fractional order spatial model is carried out using the two dimensional Fractional Order Differential Transform Method (FODTM).  Simulations of the variables of the model reveal that as the system evolves, the grey squirrels increase in density with increase in time, while the red squirrels decrease in density with increase in time.  Also the simulations show that the FODTM is efficient and convergent with low computational cost.

Atangana-Baleanu-Caputo (ABC)
diffusion competition model
Fractional order Differential Transform Method (FODTM)
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