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On harvesting two competing populations

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The problem of harvesting two competing populations is formulated in an optimal control setting. The maximum sustained rent (MSR) solution is introduced and is shown to be not only totally singular, but also to play a central role in solutions to the harvesting problem. It is further shown that nonsingular extremal subarcs must in general approach and leave the MSR along partially singular curves. A numerical example is introduced to demonstrate this phenomenon. In the case where the populations are driven onto the MSR in minimum time, however, the optimal control is shown to be bang-bang with at most one switch.

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    W. M. Getz (Senior Research Officer)

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Communicated by G. Leitmann

The author is indebted to Professor D. H. Jacobson and Dr. D. H. Martin for helpful discussions during the preparation of this paper.

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Getz, W.M. On harvesting two competing populations. J Optim Theory Appl 28, 585–602 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00932223

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