Abstract
In this paper, we introduce new concepts, admissible multivalued hybrid Z-contractions and multivalued hybrid Z-contractions in the framework of b-metric spaces and establish sufficient conditions for existence of fixed points for such contractions. A few consequences of our main theorem involving linear and nonlinear contractions are pointed out and discussed by using variants of simulation functions. In the case where our notions are reduced to their single-valued counterparts, the results presented herein complement, unify and generalize a number of significant fixed point theorems due to Branciari, Czerwik, Jachymski, Karapinar and Argawal, Khojasteh, Rhoades, among others. Nontrivial illustrative examples are provided to support the assertions of the obtained results. From application point of view, some fixed point theorems of b-metric spaces endowed with partial ordering and graph are deduced and solvability conditions of nonlinear matrix equations are investigated.