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Computational Modeling of Reaction-Diffusion COVID-19 Model Having Isolated Compartment

Muhammad Shoaib Arif1,2,*, Kamaleldin Abodayeh1, Asad Ejaz2

1 Department of Mathematics and Sciences, College of Humanities and Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, 11586, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Mathematics, Air University, PAF Complex E-9, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan

* Corresponding Authors: Muhammad Shoaib Arif. Email: email; email

(This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Developments on Computational Biology-I)

Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 2023, 135(2), 1719-1743. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmes.2022.022235

Abstract

Cases of COVID-19 and its variant omicron are raised all across the world. The most lethal form and effect of COVID-19 are the omicron version, which has been reported in tens of thousands of cases daily in numerous nations. Following WHO (World health organization) records on 30 December 2021, the cases of COVID-19 were found to be maximum for which boarding individuals were found 1,524,266, active, recovered, and discharge were found to be 82,402 and 34,258,778, respectively. While there were 160,989 active cases, 33,614,434 cured cases, 456,386 total deaths, and 605,885,769 total samples tested. So far, 1,438,322,742 individuals have been vaccinated. The coronavirus or COVID-19 is inciting panic for several reasons. It is a new virus that has affected the whole world. Scientists have introduced certain ways to prevent the virus. One can lower the danger of infection by reducing the contact rate with other persons. Avoiding crowded places and social events with many people reduces the chance of one being exposed to the virus. The deadly COVID-19 spreads speedily. It is thought that the upcoming waves of this pandemic will be even more dreadful. Mathematicians have presented several mathematical models to study the pandemic and predict future dangers. The need of the hour is to restrict the mobility to control the infection from spreading. Moreover, separating affected individuals from healthy people is essential to control the infection. We consider the COVID-19 model in which the population is divided into five compartments. The present model presents the population’s diffusion effects on all susceptible, exposed, infected, isolated, and recovered compartments. The reproductive number, which has a key role in the infectious models, is discussed. The equilibrium points and their stability is presented. For numerical simulations, finite difference (FD) schemes like nonstandard finite difference (NSFD), forward in time central in space (FTCS), and Crank Nicolson (CN) schemes are implemented. Some core characteristics of schemes like stability and consistency are calculated.

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1  Introduction

In December 2019, the world encountered the most destructive disease named COVID-19. Humankind did not face such crises after World War II, which wreaked great havoc on the nations with the dwindling economies and inadequate health care facilities. It raised the causality rate by 5,534,735 and the fall in trade, movements, and traveling. According to a survey done by international traveling cooperation, about 4 billion people cannot travel due to traveling curbs. This pandemic ceased the government and private medical units as most countries were unprepared and were unaware of the multiplication of causative agents. Today, the coronavirus has produced a new chapter for mathematical researchers who found modeling the most appropriate tool for investigating the spread of a disease in a community.

According to the union health ministry, 653 omicron cases were detected across India in December 2021. However, a dramatic rise has been seen from 29 to 30 December 2021. On 30 December 2021, 13,187 new cases of omicron variant were reported, which were 77% of the total population of India, and the states like Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thane, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad were considered as the most susceptible ones. Mumbai showed an 80% rise in the cases daily with an approximation of 2510 cases, leading to a 400% rise weekly. Additionally, 923 cases were detected in New Delhi, which revealed a 600% rise weekly, along with Bengaluru 400 cases (90%), Chennai 294 (100%), and Mumbai (15%). These cases are of the omicron variant, the type of SARS-CoV-2 virus, and have been in destructive action in India since December 2021. The target of vaccination endorse 63% of adults.

The development of vaccines and medicines rectified the pandemic but did not reduce the chance of disease spreading, which has become a great challenge for scientists. This problem can be solved using equilibrium points of COVID-19. People have followed intense SOPs (standard operational procedures) to combat this variant, including quarantine, hand wash, suitable distance, and isolation.

NIH (National Institute of Health) reported that Pakistan had 75 cases since 27 December. Thirty-three were from Karachi, 17 from Islamabad, and 13 from Lahore. Individuals in these cases were found to be international travel. NIH revealed that these patients were immediately isolated and contacted their relatives to control the spread in a statement. On 13 December, The News, the largest-selling paper in Pakistan, coated the figures of NIH and revealed that the first case of omicron was from Karachi.

NIH further stressed the need to follow SOPs and advise people to get vaccinated. The government of Pakistan allowed all the vaccines to be administered as early as possible to get rid of the dire consequences of the omicron variant. NCOC (National Command and Operation Centre) urged people to administer vaccines and booster doses with criteria and precautions. NIH revealed that omicron is a lethal variant whose aftermaths have been multiplying in several countries.

Today, the NCOC issued the latest COVID-19 statistics for the last 24 h in Pakistan, which was 0.69%. Yesterday, 291 new COVID-19 cases were reported while 41,869 diagnostic tests were conducted, whereas three died due to the omicron variant.

Coronavirus was first reported in China city of Wuhan and named COVID-19 by WHO as it shares a common phylogenetic lineage with SARS COVID-II. It is mainly transferred from one person to another due to coughing, sneezing, or contact with infected individuals. Salivary droplets released by infected individuals are denser than air and immediately fall on the ground or nearby. WHO allocated some safety measures, including the distance of six feet, hand washing, wearing masks and gloves, and the quarantining [1,2]. Reportedly, 1,458,000 people were getting infected in more than 180 countries, raising the number of infected individuals by 4 million [3].

A model named as retrofitted state SIR model was proposed by [4] to predict and reckon the numeric of infected and susceptible individuals. Nesteruk focuses on the epidemic and calculates the number of infected individuals. Based on his assumptions, the mortality rate was higher than estimated. Nesteruk et al. [58] proved that infection multiplies quickly in densely packed areas, which moves the hypothesis towards applying social distancing and quarantining measures. In [9], authors have investigated the SIR model to estimate the primary cause of coronavirus spread.

Okhuese [10] demonstrated a framework of a stochastic model. The condition dictates extinction and persistence. Also, they debated the threshold of the stochastic model proposed when small or large noise occurs. A method of the potential besides misinformation transmission within the population is the basic reproduction number, mathematically disease-free threshold and stability are related to an epidemic peak and final size [1115]. The purpose of the present article is to investigate the effects of diffusion on the spread of disease; the reproductive number of the model is given, which is the key element of such models, and the numerical results are obtained through some schemes such as NSFD, FTCS, and Crank Nicolson scheme.

A disease-free equilibrium’s local and global stability is linked to the calculation and epidemiological interpretation of this threshold parameter [1618]. Following the spread of the disease, researchers have activated to speed innovative diagnostics and are in the throes of several vaccines to guard against COVID-19. Zeb et al. [19] considered the model comprised of five compartments. After the emergency of the acute syndrome coronavirus in 2002, which spread to 37 countries, COVID-19 is the third emerging human application purposes disease in the current century and the middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus in 2012, which spread to 27 countries bilateral lung infiltration including dry cough, fever, trouble, breathing, fatigue and related symptoms caused by [2026]. Alqarni et al. [27] constructed a new mathematical model for transmission dynamics of COVID-19. The model is based on the data from Saudi Arabia. The authors have discussed the concentration of the disease by introducing first-order ODE into the model. The whole population is divided into five compartments (SEIAR). Analysis of the model is performed by considering the basic reproduction number [28]. Deals fractional form of projectile motion (wind-influenced) is discussed in detail. Inverse singular spectral problems are discussed in [29] by Ozarslan et al. [30] discussed the Lewis model for the soybean drying process using fractional differential operators. The results are compared with Caputo fractional derivative.

One of the most effective ways to uncover the truth about diseases is through mathematical modeling. For the most part, determining differential equations is difficult and does not yield closed-form solutions. To accomplish this, we turned to a variety of numerical methods.

The detail of the rest of the sections is as follows. The Section 2 discusses the COVID-19 epidemic with an isolated compartment and presented the proposed model. Moreover, we prove the positivity of the model in this section also. The basic reproduction number and equilibrium points are discussed in Section 3. Furthermore, the stability of the equilibrium point is discussed in the same section. In the Section 4, numerical schemes are applied, and the stability and consistency of FTCS, Crank Nicolson, and NSFD schemes are investigated. Sections 5 and 6 are respectively presenting the results and conclusion.

2  Proposed Model for COVID-19

We consider the model for COVID-19, which comprises five compartments susceptible, exposed, infected, isolated, and recovered. The compartments are denoted by S,E,I,Q, and R, see [19].

Most infectious disease models comprise ordinary differential equations of the first order. Such models cannot give an accurate picture of disease because of the mobility of the population within the area; therefore, to study pandemic diseases, the spatial content cannot be ignored. Due to the mobility of individuals, the spread of disease may differ from one area to the other.

2.1 Why Diffusion?

The movement of people happens in special regions like countries and cities and generally in the local domain. Let’s look at the movement of people in the United States and China (densely populated regions). The mobility of people may be covering millions of square kilometers, whereas, in small countries, it may reduce to just several square kilometers. To what extent does mobility have larger effects on the variation in ecology. This may variate cultural values and health concerns.

Contrary to typical mathematical models, which deal with the spread and control of epidemics, the present model deals with the greater mobility of humans getting mixed rapidly. The specialty of this model is that it keeps the spatial content into consideration. In the case of pandemics, we cannot ignore the factor of mobility because the disease may spread faster in one area than others due to mobility [3140]. The following flow map in Fig. 1 shows the different compartment SEIQR of the population and the factors affecting the said compartment.

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Figure 1: Flow map for COVID-19 model

Sdt=δS2Sx2+AμSβNS(E+I)Edt=δE2Ex2+βNS(E+I)πE(μ+γ)EIdt=δI2Ix2+πEςIμIQdt=δQ2Qx2+γE+ςIθQμQRdt=δR2Rx2+θQμR}.(1)

With initial condition as

S(x,0)0,E(x,0)0I(x,0)0,Q(x,0)0R(x,0)0}.(2)

As the first four equations are independent of R(t), so we modify the system as follows:

Sdt=δS2Sx2+AμSβNS(E+I)Edt=δE2Ex2+βNS(E+I)πE(μ+γ)EIdt=δI2Ix2+πEςIμIQdt=δQ2Qx2+γE+ςIθQμQ}.(3)

Consider the following assumptions

N=Aμ,s=SN,e=EN,i=IN,q=QN.(4)

With initial conditions

s(x,0)=s00,e(x,0)=e00i(x,0)=io0,q(x,0)=q00}..(5)

We rewrite the system (3) as follows:

st=δs2sx2+μμsβNs(e+i);et=δe2ex2+βNs(e+i)πe(μ+γ)e;it=δi2ix2+πeςiμi;qt=δq2qx2+γe+ςiθqμq;}.(6)

Lemma.1

Under the initial conditions (5), all the solutions of system (6) are non-negative for t0.

Proof: By the I. C. s(0)=s00,e(0)=e00,i(0)=i00,q(0)=q00.

st|s=0=δs2sx2+μ0et|e=0=δe2ex2+βNs(e+i)0it|i=0=δi2ix2+πeqt|q=0=δq2qx2+γe0}.(7)

Eq. (7) proves the positivity of the model.

2.2 Basic Reproductive Number

It is the key element in the disease model whose value is a quick check to tell whether the disease has spread or not. The basic reproductive number for the model is given as

R0=βN(ς+μ+π(μ+π+γ)(ς+μ)).(8)

where δs=δe=δi=δq=0.

2.3 Existence and Stability of Equilibrium Points

Equilibrium points are those critical points that yield a constant solution of differential equations. These points may be stable or unstable depending upon the basic reproductive number R0. The system (6) has two equilibrium points as follows:

C0=(so,eo,io,qo),C1=(s1,e1,i1,q1).

where so=1,eo=io=qo=0

s1=ς(π+μ+γ)+μ(π+γ)+μ2βN(π+μ+γ)

e1=βN(π+μ+γ)ς(π+μ+γ)μ(ς+μ)βN(ς(π+μ+γ)+π(π+γ)+2πμ+γμ+μ2)

i1=μπ(βN(ς+μ+γ)ς(π+μ+γ)2μ(γ+μ)βN(ς2(π+μ+γ)+ςπ2+ςπγ+3ςπμ+2ςγμ+2ςμ2+π2μ+πγμ+2πμ2+γμ2+μ3

q1=μ[(βN(ς+μ+γ)ς(π+μ+γ)πμγμμ2](γπ+γμ+ςπ)βN(ς2(π+μ+γ)+ςπ(π+γ)+3ςπμ+2ςγμ+2ςμ2+π2μ+πγμ+2πμ2+γμ2+μ3(θ+μt)

2.4 System Stability at Equilibrium Point

For the stability of the system, we perturb (6) at the equilibrium point C1=(s1,e1,i1,q1) as under [28].

s1t=b11s1+b12e1+b13i1+b14q1+d12s1x2e1t=b21s1+b22e1+b23i1+b24q1+d22e1x2i1t=b31s1+b32e1+b33i1+b34q1+d32i1x2q1t=b41s1+b42e1+b43i1+b44q1+d42q1x2}.

where

δs=d1, δe=d2, δi=d3, δq=d4.

and

b11=μ, b12=βN, b13=βN, b14=0,

b21=0, b22=πμ+βN, b23=βN, b24=0,

b31=0, b32=π, b33=ςμ, b34=0,

b41=0, b42=γ, b43=ς, b44=θμ.

Suppose the above system possesses a Fourier solution

s1(x,t)=KskeλtCos(kx)e1(x,t)=KekeλtCos(kx)i1(x,t)=KikeλtCos(kx)q1(x,t)=KqkeλtCos(kx)}.

For k=nπ2 where n is a natural number, called the wave number at node n, by substituting the values of s1, e1, i1, q1 in the above equations. We get

λksk=b11Ksk+b12Kek+b13Kikd1kk2skλkek=b21Ksk+b22Kek+b23Kikd2kk2ekλkik=b31Ksk+b32Kek+b33Kikd3kk2ikλkqk=b41Ksk+b42Kek+b43Kikd4kk2qk.

This leads to the following:

K(b11λd1k2)sk+Kb12ek+Kb13ik+kb14qk=0Kb21sk+K(b22λd2k2)ek+Kb23ik+kb24qk=0Kb31sk+Kb32ek+K(b33λd3k2)ik+kb34qk=0Kb41sk+Kb42ek+Kb43ik+k(b44λd4k2)qk=0.

The variational matrix V can be written as

V=(b11d1k2b12b13b14b21b22d2k2b23b24b31b32b33d3k2b34b41b42b43b44d4k2).

The characteristic polynomial for the above matrix can be written as

P(λ)=F0λ4+F1λ3+F2λ2+F3λ+F4=0.

where

F0=1

F1=b11b22b33b44+(d1+d2+d3+d4)k2

F2=b12b21b13b31b23b32b14b41b24b42b34b43+b33b44(b44(d1+d2+d3)+b33(d1+d2+d4))k2+(d3d4+d2(d3+d4)+d1(d2+d3+d4))(k2)2+b22(b33+b44(d1+d3+d4)k2)+b11(b22+b33+b44(d2+d3+d4)k2)

F3=b11b23b32b11b22b33+b14b22b41+b14b33b41b14b21b42+b11b24b42+b24b33b42b23b34b42b14b31b43b24b32b43+b11b34b43+b22b34b43b11b22b44+b23b32b44b11b33b44b22b33b44+(b24b42d1b34b43d1+b33b44d1+b11b33d2b14b41d2b34b43d2+b11b44d2+b33b44d2b14b41d3b24b42d3+b11b44d3+b11b33d4b23b32(d1+d4)+b22(b44(d1+d3)+b33(d1+d4)+b11(d3+d4)))k2((b22d1+b11d2)d3+b44(d1d2+(d1+d2)d3)+(b22(d1+d3)+b11(d2+d3))d4+b33(d2d4+d1(d2+d4)))(k2)2+(d2d3d4+d1(d3d4+d2(d3+d4)))(k2)3+b13(b21b32b34b41+b31(b22+b44(d2+d4)k2))b12(b23b31+b24b41+b21(b33b44+(d3+d4)k2))

F4=b12b24b33b41b12b23b34b41b11b24b33b42+b11b23b34b42b12b24b31b43+b11b24b32b43+b12b21b34b43b11b22b34b43+b12b23b31b44b11b23b32b44b12b21b33b44+b11b22b33b44+(b22b34b43d1b22b33b44d1+b11b34b43d2b11b33b44d2+b12b21b44d3b11b22b44d3+b24(b33b42d1b32b43d1+(b12b41+b11b42)d3)+(b12b21b11b22)b33d4+b23(b34b42d1b12b31d4+b32(b44d1+b11d4)))k2+(b34b43d1d2+(b24b42d1+b44(b22d1+b11d2))d3(b23b32d1+(b12b21b11b22)d3)d4+b33(b44d1d2+(b22d1+b11d2)d4))(k2)2(b44d1d2d3+(b33d1d2+(b22d1+b11d2)d3)d4)(k2)3+d1d2d3d4(k2)4+b14(b23(b32b41b31b42)+b21(b33b42b32b43)+((b33b41b31b43)d2b21b42d3)k2b41d2d3(k2)2+b22(b31b43+b41(b33+d3k2)))b13(b24(b32b41b31b42)+b21(b34b42b32b44)+((b34b41b31b44)d2+b21b32d4)k2+b31d2d4(k2)2b22(b34b41+b31(b44+d4k2))).

According to Routh Hurwitz’s criterion, the system is stable under the following condition:

F1>0,F1F2F0F3>0,(F1F2F0F3)F3F12F4>0,F4>0.

Theorem: 1 If R0<1 then the system (6) is globally stable.

Proof: We construct the Lyapunov function as

L=(ee0)+βNς+μ(ii0)

L=et+βNς+μit

LβNe(π+μ+γ)e+βN(ς+μ)(πe)+δe2ex2+βNς+μ+δi2ix2a

LβNe(π+μ+γ)e(ς+μ)(πe)(R1)e

This implies that L<1 when Ro<1, therefore, the system is globally stable.

3  Numerical Methods

In this section, we construct numerical methods for system (6).

st=δs2sx2+μμsβNs(e+i);et=δe2ex2+βNs(e+i)πe(μ+γ)e;it=δi2ix2+πeςiμi;qt=δq2qx2+γe+ςiθqμq;}.(9)

For t0, x[0,L] and the initial conditions are

s(x,0)=s00,e(x,0)=e00i(x,0)=io0,q(x,0)=q00}.(10)

Dividing [0,L]×[0,T] into G×P grid points. Define the step size as h=LP & t=TG

xj=jh,j=0,1,2,,Ptg=gt,g=0,1,2,,G.

We denote the values sjn, ejn,ijn and qjn as finite-difference approximate values for s(jh,nt),e(jh,nt),i(jh,nt),q(jh,nt), respectively.

3.1 FTCS Scheme

The FTCS scheme for the above system can be written as

sjn+1=sjn+δsΔtΔx2(sj+1n2sjn+sj1n)+μΔtμΔtsjnβΔtNsjn(ejn+ijn)sjn+1=sjn+d1(sj+1n2sjn+sj1n)+μΔtμΔtsjnβΔtNsjn(ejn+ijn)sjn+1=sjn(12d1μΔtβNΔt(ejnijn))+d1(sj+1n+sj1n)μΔtejn+1=ejn(12d2+βNΔtsjnπΔtΔt(μ+γ))+d2(ej+1n+ej1n)+ΔtβNsjnijnijn+1=ijn(12d3ςΔtμΔt)+d3(ij+1n+ij1n)+πΔtejnqjn+1=qjn(12d4+ΔtθμΔt)+d4(qj+1n+qj1n)+γΔtejn+ςΔtijn}

where

d1=δsΔtΔx2,d2=δeΔtΔx2,d3=δiΔtΔx2,d4=δqΔtΔx2(11)

3.2 Stability of FTCS

We carry out stability using Von Neumann stability analysis.

Consider the following:

sjn+1=sjn+δsΔtΔx2(sj+1n2sjn+sj1n)+Δt(μsjnβnsjn(ejn+ijn)).

Using the following values:

snj=eαnkeι~ϕjh,sn+1j=eα(n+1)keι~ϕjh,

snj+1=eαnkeι~ϕ(j+1)h,snj1=eαnkeι~ϕ(j1)h.

where i~=1

eαk=1+d1(eι~φh2+ei~φh)(μ+βNlm)Δt

|eαk|=|1+2d1(cosφh1)(μ+βNlm)Δt|.

For

cosφh=1|eαk|=|14d1Δt(μ+βNlm)|114d1Δt(μ+βNlm)1.

After some simplification, we get

μ+βNlm4d12μβNlm4.

Similarly,

ejn+1=ejn+d2(ej+1n2ejn+ej1n)+Δt((μ+γ)ejnπejn+βNsjn(ejn+ijn)).Putting values of ejn,ejn+1,ej+1n,ej1n,We get the following relation after some simplification:eαk=1+d2(2cosφh2)+(βNaπ(μ+γ))Δt|eαk|=|1+2d2(cosφh1)+(βNaπ(μ+γ))Δt||eαk|=|14d2Δt(μ+γ)+βNaπ)|.

For zero linear constants

eαnk=|14d2(π+μ+γ)|1.

Now similarly,

ijn+1=ijn+d3(ij+1n2ijn+ij1n)+(πejn(ς+μ)ijn)Δt.Usingvaluesofijn+1,ij+1n,ijn,ij1n,eαk=1+2d3(cosφh1)(μ+ς)Δt|eαk|=|1+2d3(cosφh1)(μ+ς)Δt|.

For

cosφh=1|eαk|=|14d3Δt(ς+μ)|114d3Δt(μ+ς)1.

After some simplification, we have

(μ+ς)Δt4d32(μ+ς)Δt4.

qjn+1=qjn+d4(qj+1n2qjn+qj1n)+(γejnςijn(θ+μ)qjn)Δt.Usingvaluesofqjn+1,qj+1n,qjn,qj1n,etc.eαk=1+2d4(cosφh1)(μ+θ)Δt|eαk|=|1+2d4(cosφh1)(μ+θ)Δt|.

For

cosφh=1|eαk|=|14d4Δt(θ+μ)|114d4Δt(μ+θ)1.

After some Simplification

μ+θ4d42(μ+θ)Δt4.(12)

Therefore, for the system described by (10), the FTCS scheme is conditionally stable.

3.3 Consistency of FTCS

A finite difference scheme is said to be consistent if the truncation error tends to zero by decreasing the mesh and time step size.

sn+1j=snj+d1(snj+12snj+snj1)+μΔtμΔtsnjβΔtNsnj(enj+inj)sn+1j=s(x,t+Δt);=snj+Δtst+(Δt)222st2+snj+1=s(x+Δx,t);=snj+Δxsx+(Δx)222sx2+snj1=snjΔxsx+(Δx)222sx2+sost+Δt22st2+=δs(2sx2+O(Δx)2)+μΔtμΔtsnjβΔtNsnj(enj+inj)}.(13)

WhenΔxandΔt0,wegetst=δs2sx2+μμsβNs(e+i).(14)

which implies that the FTCS scheme is consistent with the first equation of the system.

Similarly, the same procedure can be used to prove the other equations of the system.

3.4 Crank Nicolson Scheme

Among finite difference schemes, the Crank Nicolson scheme is one of the best schemes to implement for numerical computation. It gives a better approximation of the solution, which has a temporal error of O(Δt)2. This scheme is an implicit one and gives unconditional stability. For the proposed model, we can write the first equation as follows:

sjn+1=sjn+δsΔt2(Δx)2{(sj+1n+12sjn+1+sj1n+1)+(sj+1n2sjn+sj1n)}+Δt(μμ2((sjn+sjn+1)ΔtβN2(sjn+1(ejn+1+ijn+1)+sjn(ejn+ijn))))

sjn+1=sjn+d1{(sj+1n+12sjn+1+sj1n+1)+(sj+1n2sjn+sj1n)}+Δt(μμ2((sjn+sjn+1)βN2(sjn+1(ejn+1+ijn+1)+sjn(ejn+ijn))))

d1=δΔt2(Δx)2

sjn+1(1+2d1+μ2Δt+ΔtβN2(ejn+1+ijn+1))d1sj+1n+1d1sj1n+1=sjn(12d1μ2ΔtβΔtN2(ejn+ijn)+d1sj+1n+d1sj1n).(15)

Similarly,

ejn+1(1+2d2ΔtβN2(sjn+1+π2Δt+Δt2(μ+γ)))d2ej+1n+1d2ej1n+1=ejn(12d2+βΔtN2sjnπΔt2Δtμ+γ)+d1ej+1n+d1ej1n+ΔtβN2sjn+1ijn+1+ΔtβN2sjnijn

where d2=δeΔt2(Δx)2.

Also

\fontsize{9.5}{11.5}\selectfontijn+1(1+2d3+ς2Δt+μ2Δt)d3ij1n+1d3ij+1n+1=ijn(12d3Δtς2μ2Δt)+d3ij+1n+d3ij1n+π2Δt(ejn+ejn+1)

where d3=δiΔt2(Δx)2.

In the same manner, we have the following:

qjn+1(1+2d4+μ+θ2Δt)d4qj+1n+1d4qj1n+1=qjn(12d4μ+θ2Δt)+d4qj+1n+d4qj1n+ς2Δt(ijn+1+ijn)

where d4=δqΔt2(Δx)2.

3.5 Stability of Crank Nicolson Scheme

We carry out stability analysis using the Von Neumann method.

Consider the following equation of (6).

st=δs2sx2+μμsβNs(e+i);(16)

Here, d1=δsΔt(Δx)2

eαk(1+2d1+μΔt2+ΔtβNa2)d1eαk(ei~ϕh+ei~ϕh)=(12d1μ2Δtβ2NΔtb)+d1(ei~ϕh+ei~ϕh)

|eαk|=|12d1μ2ΔtβN2Δtb+2d1cosϕh1+2d1+μ2Δt+βN2aΔt2d1cosϕh|.(17)

For cosϕ=1

|eαk|=|14d1μ2ΔtβN2Δtb1+4d1+μΔt2+βN2Δta|1.(18)

Similarly, for 2nd equation of the system

eαk(1+2d2+(μ+γ)Δt2ΔtβNa2+π2Δtd2eαk(ei~ϕh+ei~ϕh))=(12d2π2μ+γ2Δtβ2NΔtb)+d2(ei~ϕh+ei~ϕh)+βN2cΔt

|eαk|=|(1+2d2+(μ+γ)Δt2ΔtβNa2+π2Δtd2(ei~ϕh+ei~ϕh))(12d2π2μ+γ2Δtβ2NΔtb)+d2(ei~ϕh+ei~ϕh)+βN2cΔt|<1

Now for 3rd equation of the system

|eαk|=|12d3ς2Δtμ2Δt+2d3cosϕh1+2d3+ς2Δt+μ2Δt2d3cosϕh|

|eαk|=|14d3ς2Δtμ2Δt14d3+ς2Δt+μ2Δt|<1.

Similarly, Eq. (4) of the system can be written as

|eαk|=|12d4θ+μ2Δt+2d4cosϕh1+2d4+θ+μ2Δt2d4cosϕh|

|eαk|=|14d4θ+μ2Δt14d4+θ+μ2Δt|<1.(19)

Similarly, we can prove the other two equations of the system.

3.6 Consistency of Crank Nicolson Scheme

Consider the following equations:

sjn+1=sjn+d1(sj+1n+12sjn+1+sj1n+1+sj+1n2sjn+sj1n)+μΔtμ2Δt(sjn+sjn+1)βΔtN2sjn+1(ej+1n+1+ijn+1)βΔtN2sjn(ejn+ijn)

sjn+1=s(x,t+Δt)=sjn+Δtst+(Δt)222st2+..sj+1=s(x+Δx,t);=sjn+Δxsx+(Δx)222sx2+sj1n=sjnΔxsx+(Δx)222sx2+}.

So, we can proceed as

st+Δt22st2+=δs2(Δx)2[Δxsx+Δtst+(Δx)222sx2+(Δt)222st2+(Δx)(Δt)sxst2Δtst(Δt)222st2Δxsx+Δtst+(Δx)222sx2+(Δt)222st2(Δx)(Δt)sxst+2(Δt)st+(Δt)222st2Δtst+(Δt)222st2]+μ2(2sjn+Δtst+(Δt)222st2+)βN2(sjn+Δtst+(Δt)222st2)(ejn+1+ijn+1)+sjn(ejn+ijn)

When Δx and Δt0, we get

st=δs2sx2μ+μsβNs(e+i).(20)

Hence the Crank Nicolson scheme is consistent for the first equation of (6). One can prove other equations of the system in the same way.

4  NFSD Scheme

Among various numerical techniques used to approximate the differential equations, NFSD is a technique that can effectively be used to approximate differential equations. It holds the property of positivity which is the fundamental property of the pandemic models. Many types of NFSD schemes are formulated according to the rules described by Mickens [17,18].

Consider the following equation of (6).

st=δs2sx2+μμsβNs(e+i).(21)

It can be written as

sjn+1sjnΔt=δs(Δx)2(sj+1n2sjn+1+sjn)+μμsjn+1βNsjn+1(ejn+ijn),

sjn+1=sjn+d1(sj+1nsj1n)1+2d1+βNΔt(ejn+ijn)+μΔt,

et=δe2ex2+βNs(e+i)πe(μ+γ)e,

ejn+1=ejn+d2(ej+1n2ejn+1+ej1n)+ΔBNsjn(ejn+ijn)πejn+1(μ+γ)ejn+1

ejn+1(1+2d2+Δt(π+μ+γ))=ejn+d2(ej+1n2ejn+1+ej1n)+ΔtβNsjn(ejn+ijn)

ejn+1=ejn+d2(ej+1n2ejn+1+ej1n)+ΔtβNsjn(ejn+ijn)(1+2d2+Δt(π+μ+γ)).

Similarly, the other equation can be written as

ijn+1=ijn+d3(ij+1n+ij1n)+Δtπejn1+2d3+Δt(θ+μ)

qjn+1=qjn+d4(qj+1n+qj1n)+Δtγejn+Δtςijn1+2d4+Δt(θ+μ).(22)

where d1,d2,d3 and d4 possess the same values as described earlier.

4.1 Stability of NSFD Scheme

We carry out stability analysis using the Von Neumann method. Consider the first equation of system (6)

st=δs2sx2+μμsβNs(e+i);

The discretization of the above equation according to NSFD is as under

sn+1j=snj+d1(snj+1+snj1)1+2d1+βNΔt(enj+inj)+μΔt(23)

snj=eαnkeι~ϕjh, sn+1j=eα(n+1)keι~ϕjh, snj+1=eαnkeι~ϕ(j+1)h, snj1=eαnkeι~ϕ(j1)h.

where i~. = 1. Using the above in (23), we have

eαk=1+d1(eι~ϕh+eι~ϕh)1+2d1+βNΔtl+μΔt

eαk=1+2d1cos(ϕh)1+2d1+βNΔtl+μΔt.

For cos(ϕh)=1

eαk=12d11+2d1+βNΔtl+μΔt

|eαk|=|12d11+2d1+βNΔtl+μΔt|.

For stability, we must have |eαk|1.

Further simplification leads to the following stability condition:

d1(βNl+μ)Δt4.

4.2 Consistency of NSFD scheme

The discretization according to NSFD for the first equation of the system can be written as below:

sn+1j(1+2d1+βNΔt(ejn+ijn)+μΔt)=ejn(sj+1n+sj1n).

We can write

sjn+1=s(x,t+Δt)=sjn+Δtst+(Δt)222st2+sj+1n=s(x+Δx,t)=sjn+Δxsx+(Δx)222sx2+sj1n=sjnΔxsx+(Δx)222sx2+}.

Therefore,

(snj+Δtst+δt222st2+)(1+2ΔtδsΔx2+βNΔt(ejn+ijn)+μΔt)=sjn+Δtδs(Δx)2(2snj+2(Δx)22sx2)+μΔt.

This leads to the following:

(snj+2Δtδs(Δx)2snj+βNΔt(ejn+ijn)snj+μΔtsnj)+Δtst+2(Δt)2(Δx)2st+βN(Δt)2(ejn+ijn)stμ(Δt)2st+(Δt)222st2+Δt3(Δx)22st2+βN(Δt)32(ejn+ijn)2st2+μ(Δt)322st2=sjn+2Δtδs(Δx)2snj+2ΔtΔs2st2+μΔt.

Simplifying further and taking Δt0 and Δx0, we have

st=δs2sx2+μμsβNs(e+i).

A similar procedure leads to the consistency of the other equations of the system.

Table 1 compares the schemes applied, with execution time measured in seconds for both cases of Reproductive Number at Δt=0.30.

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5  Results

For numerical simulations, we have considered two cases depending upon the value of the reproduction number R. Figs. 2 and 3 show respectively the results obtained by the FTCS scheme when R>1 and R<1. It is evident from the plots that for the higher value of the basic reproductive number R the number of the infectious individual rises rapidly, and it becomes difficult to control the disease, whereas the situation changes when the basic reproductive number R has a smaller value. Figs. 4 and 5 demonstrate the results of the Crank Nicolson scheme. These plots also present a similar impact on infected individuals. Figs. 6 and 7 present the plots obtained by NSFD.

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Figure 2: FTCS Scheme with μ=0.001,β=0.08,π=0.03,γ=0.35, ɕ = 0.001, θ=0.4 and δs=δe=δi=δq=0.1 with δr=0.25. ICs are 0.6,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1 with R0>1

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Figure 3: FTCS Scheme with μ=0.001,β=0.008,π=0.03,γ=0.35, ɕ = 0.001, θ=0.4 and δs=δe=δi=δq=0.1 with δr=0.25. ICs are 0.6,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1 with R0<1

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Figure 4: Crank Nicolson Scheme with μ=0.001,β=0.08,π=0.03,γ=0.35, ɕ = 0.001, θ=0.4 and δs=δe=δi=δq=0.1 with δr=0.25. ICs are 0.6,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1 with R0>1

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Figure 5: Crank Nicolson Scheme with μ=0.001,β=0.008,π=0.03,γ=0.35, ɕ = 0.001, θ=0.4 and δs=δe=δi=δq=0.1 with δr=0.25. ICs are 0.6,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1 with R0<1

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Figure 6: NSFD Scheme with μ=0.001,β=0.08,π=0.03,γ=0.35, ɕ = 0.001, θ=0.4 and δs=δe=δi=δq=0.1 with δr=0.25. ICs are 0.6,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1 with R0>1

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Figure 7: FTCS Scheme with μ=0.001,β=0.008,π=0.03,γ=0.35, ɕ = 0.001, θ=0.4 and δs=δe=δi=δq=0.1 with δr=0.25. ICs are 0.6,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1 with R0<1

All the plots obtained through these numerical schemes show that the rate β at which susceptible individuals move to the infected and exposed class is the key element in the spreading or controlling of the pandemic. Figs. 2, 4 and 6 show that the disease becomes uncontrollable with a higher contact rate of susceptible people with infected and exposed class (β=0.08). It is evident from Figs. 3, 5 and 7 that the pandemic is controllable under the condition when the contact rate is low (β=0.008). Therefore to overcome the disease, the individuals must stay away from infected and exposed compartments by restricting themselves in their homes.

The execution time for both cases of the basic reproductive number R is displayed in Table 1. The table also demonstrates that the execution time for each scheme is also dependent on the basic reproductive number R. The execution time reduces when the value of R<1 and shows reverse behavior otherwise.

6  Conclusion

This paper presents the COVID-19 reaction-diffusion model comprising five compartments (SEIQR). Here we investigated the effects of the basic reproductive number R on the five compartments of the population. The study reveals that basic reproductive numbers remarkably impact the population compartments. To reduce the upcoming risks of the spread of diseases, there is a need of the hour to adopt a social distancing policy. The mobility of the population should be decreased. The disease can be controlled if we reduce individuals’ mobility and mix up. A comparison between the relatively low and high values of R is presented through graphs. We discussed the positivity of the model, which is the core characteristic of pandemic models. The stability of the model is discussed with respect to basic reproduction numbers using the Routh Hurwitz criterion. Moreover, we applied three different numerical techniques to study the model. The numerical schemes are further investigated by some core properties like stability and consistency and illustrated that NSFD gives better results concerning stability, consistency, and execution time. Low execution time is a plus of the FTCS scheme, whereas it has few limitations. The model displays that the current coronavirus spreads through contact with people, which depends on mobility and the mixing of the population. It also depicts that a significant contact rate increases the risk of new infections. The new infection induces the epidemic. We believe this study could help us better predict the spread of the disease on these sites.

Future Directions: In the present work, we have studied a reaction-diffusion COVID-19 model using first-order ordinary differential equations and discussed the non-negativity of the model. We have found the equilibrium points and discussed their stability. We have applied three numerical schemes for the simulations and discussed the characteristics of schemes like stability and consistency. Fractional calculus provides rich dynamics in fields like engineering and mathematical ecology. In the future, the present work can be studied using fractional-order derivatives.

Acknowledgement: The authors wish to express their gratitude to Prince Sultan University for facilitating the publication of this article through the Theoretical and Applied Sciences Lab.

Funding Statement: This work was supported by the research grants Seed Project; Prince Sultan University; Saudi Arabia SEED-2022-CHS-100.

Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare they have no conflicts of interest to report regarding the present study.

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Arif, M. S., Abodayeh, K., Ejaz, A. (2023). Computational Modeling of Reaction-Diffusion COVID-19 Model Having Isolated Compartment. CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 135(2), 1719–1743.


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