On a fractional-order delay Mackey-Glass equation

In this paper, a fractional-order Mackey-Glass equation with constant delay is considered. The local stability of the fixed points is analyzed. Moreover, a discretization process is applied to convert the fractional-order delay equation to its discrete analog. A numerical simulation including Lyapunov exponent, phase diagrams, bifurcation, and chaos is carried out using Matlab to ensure theoretical results and to reveal more complex dynamics of the equation after discretization.