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In this paper, we discuss the optimal harvesting in age-structured populations. We characterize the optimal controls for finite-horizon problems and describe a scheme to approximate them. We also give an analysis of the infinite-horizon problem as a function of a bifurcation parameter.
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Communicated by L. D. Berkovitz
This research was supported by NSF Grant R11-89-05084.
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Medhin, N.G. Optimal harvesting in age-structured populations. J Optim Theory Appl 74, 413–423 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00940318
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00940318