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Self controlled growth policy for a food chain system

  • Models And Control Policies For Biological Systems And Ecosystems
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Modeling and Control of Systems

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences ((LNCIS,volume 121))

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A behavioural policy of controlled growth for a food chain model of length 2n is considered. The highest trophic level population controls its own growth in order to restrain the growth of the other 2n-1 populations in the system so as to avoid undesirable outcomes.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, B.C., Canada

    George Bojadziev

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Bojadziev, G. (1989). Self controlled growth policy for a food chain system. In: Blaquiére, A. (eds) Modeling and Control of Systems. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 121. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0041210

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