Cycles of violence: A dynamic control analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 350-361

  Caulkins, Jonathan P ^a   Feichtinger, Gustav ^b   Tragler, Gernot ^b   Veliov, Vladimir M ^b,c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Cycles of violence; Hopf bifurcation; Optimal control; OR in government

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CYCLES OF VIOLENCE; HOPF BIFURCATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL; OR IN GOVERNMENT;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33847253427     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.05.027     Document Type: Article

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