Plenary Lecture
Switching of Predation on Prey Species
in the Presence of Predator Interference
Professor Balswaroop Bhatt
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
The University of the West Indies,
St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Abstract: The present study deals with a
prey- predator model where the prey can freely move within two habitats and the
predator can switch to the habitat with most abundant species. The predation has
been studied in the presence of predator interference. The stability analysis
has been carried out for non zero equilibrium values. Conversion rate of the
prey to predator has been taken as a bifurcation parameter and for select data
sets, bifurcation points have been found. Interestingly, contrary to the earlier
work, all the three types of situations, namely – no bifurcation, single and
multiple bifurcations exist.
Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Prof. B. Bhatt received the B.Sc.(1969), M.Sc.(1971)and the Ph.D.( Jan. 1976) in Fluid Dynamics
from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India and a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its
Application, UK [FIMA].
Prof. Bhatt has been the Head of Mathematics and Computer Science Department in the University of
the West indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad during June 2002- July 2005.
His research interest is in Fluid Dynamics( Newtonian and non- Newtonian fluid flos, MHD and flow
through porous media) and Bio- Mathematics( epidemic models and prey- predator models).
He has published 68 papers in leading journals of the world [ e.g. JFM, QJMAM, Physics of Fluids,
J. Appl. Phys., ZAMM, Rehol. Acta, J. Theor. Biology, J. Physical Soc. Japan, Wear, Appl. Sci. Res.,
J. de Mec., Proc. Ind. Acad. Sc., Indian J. Pure & Appl. Maths.].
He has received the award of ACU Academic Staff Fellowship tenable at DAMTP, Cambridge, U.K.(during 1986-87),
a Fellowship of British Petroleum of Trinidad and Tobago tenable at University College London and DAMTP,
University of Cambridge, U.K.(during October - December 2004).
He has been reviewer of Applied Mechanics Reviews, Zentralblatt fur Mathematik. He is on the editorial
board of Matematicas Enseanza Universitaria. He has refereed papers for Indian Journal of Pure and
Applied Mathematics, Indian Journal of Mathematics, Canadian journal of Physics,Journal of Lubrication
Technology, Applied Mathematical Letters , J. Eng. Maths. and J. Porous Media.