Hopf bifurcation analysis in a fractional-order survival red blood cells model and PDα$\mathit{PD}^{\alpha} $ control

*Correspondence: [email protected] 1College of Automation, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210003, China Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Abstract In this paper, we put forward a fractional-order survival red blood cells model and study the dynamics through the Hopf bifurcation. When the delay transcends the threshold, a series of Hopf bifurcations occur at the positive equilibrium. Then, a fractional-order Proportional and Derivative (PD ) controller is applied to the proposed model for the Hopf bifurcation control. It is discovered that by setting proper parameters, the PD controller can delay or advance the onset of Hopf bifurcations. Therefore the Hopf bifurcation of the fractional-order survival red blood cells model becomes controllable to achieve desirable behaviors. Finally, numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the theoretical analysis.