Optimal control of an invasive species with imperfect information about the level of infestation

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-533

  Haight, Robert G ^a   Polasky, Stephen ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Invasive species; Monitoring; Optimal management; Partially observable Markov decision process

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; EXPECTED COSTS; IMPERFECT INFORMATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONITORING CHANGE; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL POLICIES; PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; QUALITY OF INFORMATION; TREATMENT COSTS; WIDESPREAD DAMAGE;

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARKOV CHAIN; MODELING; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78549256476     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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