On Optimal Harvesting with an Application to Age-Structured Populations.

Abstract

This paper develops optimal harvesting policies for a population whose evolution is governed by a single autonomous nonlinear differential equation. The objective functional is not assumed to be convex. The results are used to discuss optimal policies for age-structured populations harvested with effort independent of age. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA100603

Entities

People

  • Lea F. Murphy
  • Morton E. Gurtin

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  • Autonomy

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  • Age Distribution
  • Algebra
  • Contracts
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamics
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Formulas (Mathematics)
  • Inequalities
  • Integral Equations
  • Integrals
  • Linear Systems
  • Mathematics
  • New York
  • Nonlinear Differential Equations
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  • Mathematics

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  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Information Retrieval
  • Statistical inference.