Evolution of body size: an optimization model

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(83)90032-9zbMath0515.92029OpenAlexW2088151813MaRDI QIDQ1052276

Jan Kozłowski, Mariusz Ziółko

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5564(83)90032-9

zbMATH Keywords

Pontryagin maximum principlemortality rateWeierstrass theoremevolution of body sizemaximum life span

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Existence of optimal solutions belonging to restricted classes (Lipschitz controls, bang-bang controls, etc.) (49J30) Ecology (92D40) General biology and biomathematics (92B05)

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