Maximum principle for a size-structured model of forest and carbon sequestration management

✍ Scribed by Natali Hritonenko; Yuri Yatsenko; Renan-Ulrich Goetz; Angels Xabadia

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 202 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0893-9659
• DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2007.12.006

✦ Synopsis

The paper analyzes nonlinear optimal control of integral-differential equations that describe the optimal management of a forest taking into account intra-species competition and carbon sequestration. The objective function includes the revenues from timber production, operational expenses, and the net benefits from carbon sequestration. A dual system is derived and a necessary extremum condition is established.