Risk-sensitive optimal harvesting and control of biological populations

IMA Journal of Mathemathics Applied in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-71

  Horwood, J W ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Population dynamics; Resource management; Risk

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; FISHERIES; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CONTROL OF NONLINEAR SYSTEM; COST-FUNCTION; EXPONENTIALS; FULLY NONLINEAR; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMAL HARVESTING; OPTIMAL STOCHASTIC CONTROL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIMPLE HEURISTICS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030019506     PISSN: 02650746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/13.1.35     Document Type: Article

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