@article{Embry2026, 
author = {Ashley Evette Embry and William Kyle Barker},
title = {Traveling wave solutions for a nonlocal dispersal SIR model with delayed transmission},
year = {2026},
journal = {AIMS Mathematics},
volume = {11},
number = {5},
pages = {12795-12824},
keywords = {traveling waves, reaction-diffusion equations, nonlocal dispersal, delay, SIR model},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.3934/math.2026527},
doi = {10.3934/math.2026527},
abstract = {We study the existence of traveling wave solutions for a spatial susceptible-infected-recover (SIR) epidemic model with nonlocal dispersal and delayed transmission. The model incorporates convolution-type dispersal operators and a nonlocal time-delay incidence mechanism, which together lead to a non-cooperative and non-monotone traveling wave system. To overcome these difficulties, we construct an invariant cone on a large bounded interval and define a suitable integral operator associated with the traveling wave equations. Uniform a priori bounds and regularity estimates are established independently of the truncation parameter. By applying Schauder's fixed point theorem and a limiting argument, we obtain the existence of nontrivial traveling wave solutions connecting the disease-free equilibrium to the endemic equilibrium when the basic reproduction number exceeds one. Explicit upper and lower solutions are constructed to illustrate the applicability of the approach.}
}