<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">APM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Advances in Pure Mathematics</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2160-0368</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/apm.2013.37082</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">APM-38121</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Physics&amp;Mathematics</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Permanence and Globally Asymptotic Stability of Cooperative System Incorporating Harvesting
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>engying</surname><given-names>Wei</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Cuiying</surname><given-names>Li</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><addr-line>College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou</addr-line></aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1">* E-mail:<email>weifengying@fzu.edu.cn(EW)</email>;</corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>17</day><month>10</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>03</volume><issue>07</issue><fpage>627</fpage><lpage>632</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>August</day>	<month>5,</month>	<year>2013</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>September</day>	<month>6,</month>	<year>2013</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>September</day>	<month>28,</month>	<year>2013</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
   The stability of a kind of cooperative models incorporating harvesting is considered in this paper. By analyzing the characteristic roots of the models and constructing suitable Lyapunov functions, we prove that nonnegative equilibrium points of the models are globally asymptotically stable. Further, the corresponding nonautonomous cooperative models have a unique asymptotically periodic solution, which is uniformly asymptotically stable. An example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of our results. 
 
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Cooperative System; Equilibrium; Stability; Asymptotically Periodic Solution</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>Permanence, stability and periodic solution for LotkaVolterra models had been extensively investigated by many authors (see [1-8] and the references therein). Jorge Rebaza [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.38121-ref1">1</xref>] had discussed the dynamic behaviors of predator-prey model with harvesting and refuge</p><disp-formula id="scirp.38121-formula110729"><label>(1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="5-5300516\c9ec288d-679d-4008-a107-63ee62da4006.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>he obtained that harvesting and refuge affected the stability of some coexistence equilibrium and periodic solutions of model (1), where <img src="5-5300516\15f5a290-2d3c-4686-9d06-0bfff7b92ea5.jpg" /> was a continuous threshold policy harvesting function. Motivated by Jorge’s work, we consider the following cooperative system incorporating harvesting</p><disp-formula id="scirp.38121-formula110730"><label>(2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="5-5300516\9ae40d8f-edab-42ec-bdb4-f60a89e38315.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <img src="5-5300516\ae0f4365-dd74-4aab-bc03-d3005dde6106.jpg" /> and <img src="5-5300516\a7a3dd92-1108-4882-8d0b-d94c539e278f.jpg" /> denote the densities of two populations at time<img src="5-5300516\f7f0e836-7ed6-4ae9-ba82-967ad63a1a1d.jpg" />. The parameters <img src="5-5300516\92692f31-3ad3-4d5a-8981-2fa2c7161e97.jpg" /> <img src="5-5300516\9208cd15-5a28-4820-b35a-3f7f4a11f042.jpg" /> are all positive constants.</p><p>Definition 1 [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.38121-ref2">2</xref>] <img src="5-5300516\79e3b752-28d8-42dd-a15b-15392a943b24.jpg" />is called asymptotically <img src="5-5300516\49ca85b6-83be-45ae-83ca-335c7e87ffef.jpg" />- periodic function, if <img src="5-5300516\b1891fd3-cba8-4401-96ed-14e68e0c5d5a.jpg" /> and it satisfies<img src="5-5300516\238fcefe-0c2d-4dfe-a186-0701c967e897.jpg" />, where <img src="5-5300516\18e9c4ff-a10d-4336-bc3c-721943143968.jpg" /> is continuous periodic function with periodic <img src="5-5300516\3c3fcbae-e3bb-42ba-b393-eb5f29b0201b.jpg" /> and<img src="5-5300516\6f156918-3aa1-4793-9dc0-c2433403957e.jpg" />.</p><p>We will discuss our problems in the region</p><p><img src="5-5300516\e5f32473-62d4-4aad-b1e2-f2a0166410d1.jpg" />where<img src="5-5300516\7431e055-aebf-4c0d-8f84-33f9a7341fe7.jpg" />.</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Permanence of System</title><p>Definition 2 [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.38121-ref2">2</xref>] If there are positive constants <img src="5-5300516\a7ebe2ec-6e06-4034-9ef1-65b611a1b2eb.jpg" /> such that each positive solution <img src="5-5300516\904107cb-e7b5-4b44-9b8c-4ddfb28ed4ad.jpg" /> of system (2) satisfies</p><p><img src="5-5300516\1f37ac05-8372-4d2b-b8e2-b9d78fe67add.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\1ea3837a-7c1b-4ef6-850e-73ae12b487b2.jpg" /></p><p>Then system (2) is persistent. If the system is not persistent, then system (2) is called non-persistent.</p><p>Lemma 1 If<img src="5-5300516\ee44b3c9-4d04-40ff-b6c1-89cc19f425ac.jpg" />, then system (2) is persistent.</p><p>Proof. By the first equation of (2) and the comparison theorem, we get <img src="5-5300516\84b90cf6-711a-4aa5-a97b-52056d0fa4b7.jpg" /> it implies that</p><p><img src="5-5300516\40cd3919-7366-46a5-b910-9c1ff5bc7ecd.jpg" />.</p><p>For any <img src="5-5300516\8b131186-21a6-400d-9711-c71b7a687d22.jpg" /> <img src="5-5300516\e1babe00-66db-4ff3-bc0d-34e8e66c94e9.jpg" />there exists a<img src="5-5300516\b2d76ce0-6791-4980-96a0-a75f153cbfd9.jpg" />, as<img src="5-5300516\1d7fec7a-4268-4911-96a7-392169c1460c.jpg" />, it then follows</p><p><img src="5-5300516\01ff856b-876f-44b9-a27a-ee1e50e98a13.jpg" /></p><p>Similarly, we have<img src="5-5300516\f748245c-8094-480a-8405-51655bf9e30c.jpg" />. By the discussion above, for any <img src="5-5300516\a38436fd-9dbe-4d4b-acad-e06cebc92cb0.jpg" /><img src="5-5300516\8f2d0252-8a4c-4776-bbfd-4d49757e90d6.jpg" />there exists a<img src="5-5300516\cde8de14-772d-4b31-bbd6-59ca754275d0.jpg" />, as<img src="5-5300516\1509340e-41b7-4855-8f78-14803dcc364f.jpg" />, it yields that <img src="5-5300516\570433d3-c13d-48da-ac00-58604b25f289.jpg" /></p><p>On the other hand, we have</p><p><img src="5-5300516\dbd543c4-c56f-4dd4-bd6f-65df732c42d9.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\c250d81d-af5a-46bf-b788-62ee36721856.jpg" />.</p><p>By the comparison theorem, and letting<img src="5-5300516\e37d3cf3-07e5-49ab-9004-a3bcd8815006.jpg" />, one gets that</p><p><img src="5-5300516\59ae97e0-5306-432d-9ad1-e9e2cc19c299.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\b6783061-8f62-40b4-b2d7-3160e3f62343.jpg" />.</p><p>By Definition 2, system (2) is persistent. □</p></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. Equilibrium Points and Stability</title><p>If<img src="5-5300516\3b7c89b4-8bca-4e00-a04f-3e7d9ce070ba.jpg" />, then the equilibrium points of (2) are</p><p><img src="5-5300516\a063580b-94a3-49d7-a2ee-74d31af722ce.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\69f8128d-6f87-4661-a9f1-776b814bd9d6.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\5f320c54-8726-4164-9c47-b08e00c80ecd.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\1fdf8857-f8aa-4cc9-b8b2-b86244050f2e.jpg" />where</p><disp-formula id="scirp.38121-formula110731"><label>(3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="5-5300516\5d63e3cb-8132-43f3-aa6c-9d976df8112c.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p><img src="5-5300516\cbe3ef8d-6124-42a6-8ff4-873161eae0a5.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\a3a18200-d21b-4717-a1c5-6a11f4df9cdc.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\3a6902a7-11e3-494b-9b76-26b1e8dc98c7.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\e9f23dcf-e725-420e-90c6-0ffbe3c09aed.jpg" />.</p><p>The general Jacobian matrix of (2) is given by</p><p><img src="5-5300516\ff317954-c308-4044-a42b-52e9277a48f3.jpg" />.</p><p>The characteristic equation of system (2) at <img src="5-5300516\a066939f-9a10-483f-8300-f0be98760174.jpg" /> is</p><p><img src="5-5300516\cbcb32d5-8b50-48c1-a1f6-cf9cac9643c0.jpg" />, this immediately indicates that</p><p><img src="5-5300516\3ca5d414-0d47-4652-9ca2-6410db57189e.jpg" />is always unstable.</p><p>The characteristic equation of system (2) at <img src="5-5300516\1b19979a-4977-4e67-8e48-adb5f51e8a43.jpg" /> is<img src="5-5300516\72b5d43b-6356-4868-818a-191b63d61cc7.jpg" />, by the condition<img src="5-5300516\a0bced66-d79e-482a-bac2-156deddeece0.jpg" />, one then gets that <img src="5-5300516\29c7f61a-ae2e-43a0-9569-108c67455afe.jpg" /> is a saddle point.</p><p>The characteristic equation of system (2) at <img src="5-5300516\09f5c4f3-c16a-402b-bde6-1f25055d2588.jpg" /> is<img src="5-5300516\9e1312db-c0a5-4576-9024-e918841588c5.jpg" />, we derive that <img src="5-5300516\f55a2dcc-2960-4516-9a61-709bdd871afd.jpg" /> is a saddle point.</p><p>The characteristic equation of system (2) at <img src="5-5300516\722a4505-a8e7-4d30-9064-9fc5ec2d0e40.jpg" /> takes the form</p><p><img src="5-5300516\41dc6f32-c1e9-4f8d-9d03-16d4784387c8.jpg" /></p><p>it is easy to check that <img src="5-5300516\b45294a9-3869-4d57-b221-dd267e83150b.jpg" /> <img src="5-5300516\e785fd8b-a189-476f-b60c-bbfe5e59b768.jpg" />, then <img src="5-5300516\b9d061fe-75b9-4cbe-aab4-bd484a58f59b.jpg" /> <img src="5-5300516\2c5d87f0-c626-4595-b3fc-936c85f282bb.jpg" />, thus <img src="5-5300516\361d93f3-b628-4d15-9490-b3c6275209a9.jpg" /> is locally asymptotically stable.</p><p>Theorem 1 If <img src="5-5300516\792cbe86-fee5-4d5f-ab3c-5c673150cba4.jpg" /> <img src="5-5300516\f74ddbe9-5155-4e9f-8948-a1050387039a.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\a91a8d3b-7758-4809-8b06-7738ce1d909a.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\6064a329-5dd5-48d2-b49e-c206c7df15f6.jpg" /></p><p>then the positive equilibrium point <img src="5-5300516\64ab963d-fe79-4d26-81c4-4fd0d1c219e4.jpg" /> of system (2) is globally asymptotically stable, where <img src="5-5300516\3858d0bf-4b2f-466a-8c0e-9ce8e7fd9777.jpg" /> can be found in Lemma 1.</p><p>Proof. Define a Lyapunov function</p><p><img src="5-5300516\5969ec6f-4a98-4662-93cd-3dda0139e078.jpg" /></p><p>it then yields that</p><p><img src="5-5300516\ec643ed9-db13-4a28-8302-4e3e3337d3b8.jpg" /></p><p>by the conditions of theorem 1, thus,<img src="5-5300516\87ae0ea3-c359-4219-98b8-15b056e043c4.jpg" />. The positive equilibrium point <img src="5-5300516\8e135311-3112-4bda-bdba-5c4bd5caf765.jpg" /> of system (2) is globally asymptotically stable.</p></sec><sec id="s4"><title>4. Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions</title><p>Next, we will discuss a nonautonomous system</p><disp-formula id="scirp.38121-formula110732"><label>(4)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="5-5300516\8ca71dba-7add-48e3-8b31-d0b8e59616ee.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <img src="5-5300516\6046937b-9eee-4392-8246-860db8332c06.jpg" /> <img src="5-5300516\b99616eb-ed41-424a-ae66-aad53691253d.jpg" /> are positive continuous bounded asymptotically periodic functions with period<img src="5-5300516\ac43269c-1dbd-46cc-b775-fe891adead73.jpg" />. The initial data of (4) is given by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.38121-formula110733"><label>. (5)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="5-5300516\f5620d70-136d-49a5-988b-37e5de4394bd.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The solution of (4) with initial data (5) is denoted by</p><p><img src="5-5300516\a0e238a3-9637-4ba9-8d2f-161b50685fee.jpg" />, <img src="5-5300516\b4f163b4-6fd4-4534-98b2-4a3ffd88fa2a.jpg" />,<img src="5-5300516\856a6202-d3c2-4b16-8fd9-3ffdc92bea38.jpg" />.</p><p>For a continuous function <img src="5-5300516\041c6be0-e078-4abb-87d2-14994be23bc6.jpg" /> defined on <img src="5-5300516\16ff4cb1-d6af-45fe-a111-c0074fddddef.jpg" /><img src="5-5300516\20d20e77-feef-4197-83fd-ab1c3a30cad5.jpg" /> define</p><p><img src="5-5300516\77a34697-e977-4621-a624-2f2f3c7f26f4.jpg" />.</p><p>Definition 3 [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.38121-ref2">2</xref>] If there exists a<img src="5-5300516\0c2c431a-b2fc-49f3-901e-4f9706cb5a90.jpg" />, for any<img src="5-5300516\9d115ff9-e971-421d-8f55-3279e3ea03e1.jpg" />, <img src="5-5300516\f74bac1f-610b-4ef4-89dd-2296492476c7.jpg" />, there exists a</p><p><img src="5-5300516\8f267257-11ad-4c98-b328-b067b5c76b7e.jpg" /></p><p>such that <img src="5-5300516\4d7cba87-0045-43a4-a478-cccf4e330aa6.jpg" /> for<img src="5-5300516\496e5afd-468e-4155-98a5-b444e0c75909.jpg" />, then the solution</p><p><img src="5-5300516\ee21285a-dcb8-4f2b-a339-8f6c43c2b42c.jpg" />is called ultimately bounded.</p><p>Let us consider the following asymptotically periodic system</p><disp-formula id="scirp.38121-formula110734"><label>(6)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="5-5300516\f6f3dcac-3d7c-4d25-b3e8-1feacc9391a9.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where<img src="5-5300516\d06f475d-bab7-45e7-b42e-f6d44222779b.jpg" />. Set</p><p><img src="5-5300516\7208a5dd-64ed-41c9-9d0d-d5ff3fbe10bb.jpg" />,</p><p><img src="5-5300516\08108bec-001a-447e-a034-bb448cfc1091.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\3690f269-3044-4331-8cbe-cab0a2131a5b.jpg" /></p><p>In order to discuss the existence and uniqueness of asymptotically periodic solution of system (6), we can consider the adjoint system</p><disp-formula id="scirp.38121-formula110735"><label>(7)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="5-5300516\48e19442-6e3f-4ffb-8b50-2268eeb2da1e.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Lemma 2 If</p><p><img src="5-5300516\f775f22d-50c2-4649-8d89-4183a4e8a959.jpg" /></p><p>and</p><p><img src="5-5300516\c93af1e8-4c41-4774-a2f7-7e324241162b.jpg" /><img src="5-5300516\43ec9103-6a87-4df6-a927-ce8e8c690079.jpg" /><img src="5-5300516\9b42bf6a-1e81-481c-8e63-3bb688b93845.jpg" /></p><p>then the solution of system (4) is ultimately boundedness.</p><p>Proof. By the first equation of system (4) and the comparison theorem, one gets that</p><p><img src="5-5300516\ffaf9704-7824-41d5-a97a-01d95f59f242.jpg" /></p><p>it then implies that</p><p><img src="5-5300516\3d8ee042-7902-4f20-9a6a-d8a83bb476a3.jpg" />.</p><p>Similarly, we have</p><p><img src="5-5300516\e2c506a8-a713-4879-9572-d5fca14f8967.jpg" />.</p><p>By the same discussion, one thus gets that</p><p><img src="5-5300516\9a66b848-3475-4f56-bebf-088410df09b7.jpg" />,</p><p><img src="5-5300516\e772e072-8e86-49c5-a997-e60505636e09.jpg" /></p><p>Letting<img src="5-5300516\727dd5a8-321d-470a-adad-719aaa1b43b5.jpg" />, we have</p><p><img src="5-5300516\00171f05-37fa-4592-b8e5-920f7e4793a9.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\63bc60fc-3fbc-4520-a25d-f627bb0166b3.jpg" />.</p><p>By the Definition 3, the solution of system (4) is ultimately bounded. □</p><p>Lemma 3 [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.38121-ref2">2</xref>] If <img src="5-5300516\93788ba2-9311-429a-9056-5b1ad72ab20a.jpg" /> satisfies the following conditions:</p><p>1)<img src="5-5300516\1cc4c30a-a658-4ded-a683-b4135c925499.jpg" />, where <img src="5-5300516\3afb2ca6-86f8-4a3b-a64e-2157a6ee95ba.jpg" /> and <img src="5-5300516\c0e03cbc-a9b4-499d-b0ae-9e552638eb86.jpg" /> are continuously positively increasing functions;</p><p>2)<img src="5-5300516\40e80431-be70-4a51-a031-ee5515114693.jpg" />where <img src="5-5300516\df1b1516-ae07-469d-938e-015a310402a7.jpg" /> is a constant;</p><p>3) there exists a continuous non-increasing function<img src="5-5300516\4f9a2101-e9cf-4ddf-9b51-8046bfc4accf.jpg" />, such that for s &gt; 0,<img src="5-5300516\a47ba358-aa99-4a66-8d5b-d4301c9bd528.jpg" />. And as<img src="5-5300516\9f30625e-6c73-43a1-82e2-51bd6a2050e2.jpg" />,</p><p><img src="5-5300516\a0148f41-9f0f-4a88-85de-b93d01ab2360.jpg" />it then follows that</p><p><img src="5-5300516\d6fe7805-f3e1-4842-a3f2-e03d944b83d4.jpg" />where <img src="5-5300516\befc5de3-7f0f-4d9b-a4c5-4abc9a3f27ee.jpg" /> is a constant; furthermore, system (6) has a solution <img src="5-5300516\8b8159c5-20a7-4c44-be0b-401947b98dc6.jpg" /> for <img src="5-5300516\775339c3-9ec5-4c82-bc1c-358e0d8c470d.jpg" /> and satisfies<img src="5-5300516\2ab6fd45-c910-4bea-b946-bf7bbd22b392.jpg" />.</p><p>Then system (6) has a unique asymptotically periodic solution, which is uniformly asymptotically stable.</p><p>Theorem 2 If conditions</p><p><img src="5-5300516\1e4bfcac-955d-4672-86d1-78849e68e75b.jpg" /></p><p>and</p><p><img src="5-5300516\ad194e39-6c73-44bd-a8c5-408d25e85a15.jpg" /></p><p>hold, the conditions of Lemma 2 are satisfied, then system (4) has a unique asymptotically periodic solution, which is uniformly asymptotically stable.</p><p>Proof. By Lemma 2, the solutions of system (4) is ultimately bounded. We consider the adjoint system</p><disp-formula id="scirp.38121-formula110736"><label>(8)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="5-5300516\d168980b-a2df-4131-b68e-5f6da21d2271.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Let</p><p><img src="5-5300516\39e2b4bd-6664-445d-b82b-0317c653e0fb.jpg" /></p><p>and <img src="5-5300516\6459f58b-762c-4e6e-8dc8-10705ec0f079.jpg" /> be the solution of (8). By the fact</p><p><img src="5-5300516\fe80452c-e80f-4065-b930-cc31489f6b1f.jpg" /></p><p><img src="5-5300516\0c26f13a-dbd9-4e24-9ceb-e9fa7e9e2ab2.jpg" /></p><p>where <img src="5-5300516\d509cc26-7e45-4c05-afea-92897de5fc12.jpg" /> lies between <img src="5-5300516\df87fd33-ab30-4fd8-afb9-a65a49731c0b.jpg" /> and<img src="5-5300516\e286fc26-bf93-4219-93e1-00227bb095f8.jpg" />, <img src="5-5300516\35c6b70e-178d-4137-b34f-a3831991ca00.jpg" />lies between <img src="5-5300516\56b6aa85-99c2-4d42-a30b-19f470680d24.jpg" /> and<img src="5-5300516\6dd27bc7-a7c9-4c86-93fd-4172c22bca1f.jpg" />, it then follows</p><disp-formula id="scirp.38121-formula110737"><label>(9)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="5-5300516\ca072d89-2729-4a9d-8923-42e435218341.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Define Lyapunov function<img src="5-5300516\6582d607-7095-4ade-a05e-27c9cf3e3376.jpg" />, taking</p><p><img src="5-5300516\7d6181d1-9eb3-426c-9d24-442d55627a24.jpg" />By suing of the inequality<img src="5-5300516\6f0eadba-5e45-41a1-accc-7a6ddcb3957a.jpg" />, it is easy to check that 1) and 2) of Lemma 3 are valid. Computing the derivative of <img src="5-5300516\3625b225-2a20-42d0-92fb-fef2ae581371.jpg" /> along the solution of system (8), by (9) and<img src="5-5300516\04931f00-939f-4cdb-98b0-90eabb27d19e.jpg" />, we get that</p><p><img src="5-5300516\c103c2a4-37fa-4610-ba19-8d39bf4cc3c5.jpg" /></p><p>taking<img src="5-5300516\7641e99d-1253-4230-9501-953469a82471.jpg" />, it yields<img src="5-5300516\a88464c2-19a5-4168-8f18-e62f74af25f4.jpg" />, then, system (4) has a unique positive asymptotically periodic solution, which is uniformly asymptotically stable. □</p></sec><sec id="s5"><title>5. Examples and Numerical Simulations</title><p>Now, let us consider a autonomous cooperative system incorporating harvesting</p><disp-formula id="scirp.38121-formula110738"><label>, (10)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="5-5300516\3f25125b-df08-4c06-8148-1365d3d00f68.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>it is easy to check that</p><p><img src="5-5300516\299e58e8-f3cf-427b-9047-9a584e2883aa.jpg" />,</p><p><img src="5-5300516\0ce3edf1-b273-453e-8129-f2384c959da1.jpg" />,</p><p><img src="5-5300516\19d48e0e-edf5-462e-b738-45531433d453.jpg" />, <img src="5-5300516\078a43a4-92f6-45b5-8808-ae442df00640.jpg" />,</p><p><img src="5-5300516\d89af3d5-948d-43ca-8985-8f2ccc656c4a.jpg" />the conditions of Theorem 1 are valid, then the positive equilibrium point <img src="5-5300516\ad18cd2b-3cdb-4154-95f3-19924657d378.jpg" /> of system (2) is globally asymptotically stable in Figures 1 and 2.</p></sec><sec id="s6"><title>6. Conclusions</title><p>By analyzing the characteristic roots of a kind of cooperative models (2) incorporating harvesting, the stability of positive equilibrium point <img src="5-5300516\7428d249-7724-4295-be19-8c946e83868c.jpg" /> to model (2) is obtained by constructing a suitable Lyapunov function. Our results have shown that the harvesting coefficient <img src="5-5300516\3f690e30-39e2-4c96-a8ee-89b1558ce91f.jpg" /> affects the stability and the existence of equilibrium point to model (2).</p><p>The related non-autonomous asymptotically periodic cooperative model (4) has been discussed later. Under some conditions, which also depend on model parameters (see Theorem 2), model (4) has a unique asymptotically periodic solution<img src="5-5300516\7d8b702f-6bd6-449c-bec1-ccc160db5145.jpg" />, which is uniformly</p><p>asymptotically stable. Example model (10) shows the effectiveness of our results.</p></sec><sec id="s7"><title>7. 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