Abstract
In this paper, Pontryagin's principle is proved for a fairly general problem of optimal control of populations with continuous time and age variable. As a consequence, maximum principles are developed for an optimal harvesting problem and a problem of optimal birth control.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 75-101 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Journal | Journal of Mathematical Biology |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1985 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Hyperbolic systems
- Optimal control
- Optimal harvesting
- Pontryagin's principle
- Population dynamics