Optimal control of pests in the presence of predators

✍ Scribed by G.R. Walsh

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 517 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-9602
• DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8240(78)80059-7

✦ Synopsis

Optimal control theory is applied to the problem of controlling pests by biological and chemical means simultaneously. The net birth rate of the pests is controlled chemically while at the same time predators are allowed to operate. Several numerical examples are included.