Research Article

Modeling and Analysis of Integrated Pest Control Strategies via Impulsive Differential Equations

Table 1

Parameter values used for the numerical investigation of the impulsive model (14).

Parameter Symbol Value

Maximum predator’s capturing rate
Weighting factor for saturation of predator’s capturing rate
Weighting factor for interference among predators
Pest-to-predator conversion coefficient
Predator’s mortality rate
Impulse period
Tuning coefficient for pesticide spraying time
Amount of predators introduced per impulse period
Proportion of pest population killed by pesticides
Proportion of predator population killed by pesticides