Global extinction, dissipativity and persistence for a certain class of differential equations with state-dependent delay

Abstract

In this paper we study, at different levels of generality, certain systems of delay differential equations (DDE). One focus and motivation is a system with state-dependent delay (SD-DDE) that has been formulated to describe the maturation of stem cells. We refer to this system as the cell SD-DDE. In the cell SD-DDE, the delay is implicitly defined by a threshold condition. The latter is specified by the time at which the (also implicitly defined) solution of an external nonlinear ordinary differential equation (ODE), which is parametrised by a component of the SD-DDE, meets a given threshold value. We focus on the dynamical properties global asymptotic stability (GAS) of the zero equilibrium, persistence and dissipativity/ultimate boundedness.