An age-structured single-state drug initiation model-cycles of drug epidemics and optimal prevention programs

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-109

  Almeder, Christian ^a   Caulkins, Jonathan P ^b   Feichtinger, Gustav ^a   Tragler, Gernot ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structured model; Illicit drug; Non linear dynamic system; Optimal control; Partial differential equation

Indexed keywords

DRUGS TRADE; PLANNING METHOD; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 0344009709     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0121(03)00030-2     Document Type: Article

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