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We consider optimal control of a population with continuous age and time structure. We prove that an optimal control exists, give the necessary optimality conditions, and derive some consequences.
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Brokate, M. (1986). Optimal control of age-structured populations. In: Prékopa, A., Szelezsáan, J., Strazicky, B. (eds) System Modelling and Optimization. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 84. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0043831
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