Optimal control of harvesting in a stochastic metapopulation model

Optimal Control Applications and Methods

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-142

  Collins, C ^a   Lenhart, S ^a   Nanda, S ^b   Xiong, Jie ^a   Yakovlev, K ^a   Yong, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

harvesting; numerical scheme; stochastic optimal control

Indexed keywords

METAPOPULATION MODEL; NUMERICAL SCHEME; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; SINGLE SPECIES; STOCHASTIC CONTROL; STOCHASTIC GROWTH; STOCHASTIC OPTIMAL CONTROL; SYSTEM OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

CONTROL; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84858665771     PISSN: 01432087     EISSN: 10991514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oca.977     Document Type: Article

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