Title
Modelling And Finite-Time Stability Analysis Of Psoriasis Pathogenesis
Abstract
A new systems model of psoriasis is presented and analysed from the perspective of control theory. Cytokines are treated as actuators to the plant model that govern the cell population under the reasonable assumption that cytokine dynamics are faster than the cell population dynamics. The analysis of various equilibria is undertaken based on singular perturbation theory. Finite-time stability and stabilisation have been studied in various engineering applications where the principal paradigm uses non-Lipschitz functions of the states. A comprehensive study of the finite-time stability properties of the proposed psoriasis dynamics is carried out. It is demonstrated that the dynamics are finite-time convergent to certain equilibrium points rather than asymptotically or exponentially convergent. This feature of finite-time convergence motivates the development of a modified version of the Michaelis-Menten function, frequently used in biology. This framework is used to model cytokines as fast finite-time actuators.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1080/00207179.2016.1217566
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL
Keywords
Field
DocType
Biological modelling, psoriasis, finite-time stability, singular perturbation analysis
Convergence (routing),Population,Mathematical optimization,Control theory,Equilibrium point,Singular perturbation analysis,Singular perturbation,Mathematics,Finite time,Exponential growth
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
90
8
0020-7179
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
4
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Harshal B. Oza1195.83
Rakesh Pandey201.69
Daniel Roper300.34
Yusur Al-Nuaimi400.34
sarah k spurgeon572471.21
Marc Goodfellow6566.87