Quasilinearized Genocchi-polynomial collocation for efficient simulation of a nonlinear SIRV anthrax transmission model
Mathematical models of anthrax transmission often involve strong nonlinearities that challenge standard solvers and can limit robust inference. We present a four-compartment (SIRV) animal anthrax model and an efficient numerical framework that combines quasilinearization with a shifted Genocchi-polynomial collocation scheme (Genocchi–QLM). We provide convergence and error analyses for the approximations on a finite interval and construct a residual-error diagnostic to certify solution quality. Across representative parameter sets, Genocchi–QLM achieves rapid convergence and close agreement with a benchmark Runge–Kutta implementation (ode45), while maintaining numerical stability over long horizons. We further assess practical relevance by comparing simulated infected-case trajectories to reported outbreak patterns from endemic settings, observing qualitative agreement in rise-and-decay phases consistent with recovery, mortality, vaccination, and waning-immunity mechanisms. Sensitivity exploration highlights how vaccination rate and immunity waning jointly shape persistence. Because the method converts a nonlinear initial-value problem into a sequence of linear systems with sparse structure, it is readily extensible to higher-dimensional or controlled models and can be adapted to fractional or stochastic variants. These results indicate that Genocchi–QLM is a fast, accurate, and scalable tool for solving nonlinear epidemiological systems and for supporting data-informed analysis of anthrax control strategies.
Authors
- Waleed Adel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0557-8536)
- NESREEN MOHAMED
- Mohamed ElGamel
Publication Details
- Journal
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
- Published
- 2026-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22067/ijnao.2026.96880.1797
- Primary Topic
- Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00