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On the optimal harvesting of persistent age-structured populations

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This paper discusses optimal harvesting policies for age-structured populations harvested with effort independent of age.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Carnegie-Mellon University, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Morton E. Gurtin

  2. Department of Mathematics, Oregon State University, 97331, Corvallis, OR, USA

    Lea F. Murphy

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Gurtin, M.E., Murphy, L.F. On the optimal harvesting of persistent age-structured populations. J. Math. Biology 13, 131–148 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00275209

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