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Analysis of a Mathematical Model of Corruption as an Epidemic
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Abstract
Corruption is a societal challenge facing many governments and human institutions globally. This paper presents the analysis of a deterministic model of corruption taking into account honest/incorruptible individuals. We first proved that the model formulated is well-posed. We computed the corruption-free equilibrium state, the corruption basic reproduction number ( R0 ) and established that the corruption-free state is locally and globally stable whenever R0<1 and unstable if R0>1 . We have also shown that the proposed model admits a unique and globally stable endemic equilibrium when R0>1 . Furthermore, we conducted numerical simulations to demonstrate the validity of the model.
Chuaya, R. G. and Konlan, M. (2025). Analysis of a Mathematical Model of Corruption as an Epidemic . Open Access Library Journal, 12, e14184. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1114184.
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