A semi-Markov decision model for the optimal control of a simple immigration-birth-death process through the introduction of a predator

DOI10.1080/03610926.2014.911905zbMath1345.49019OpenAlexW2289561094MaRDI QIDQ2816843

Epaminondas G. Kyriakidis, Theodosis D. Dimitrakos

Publication date: 26 August 2016

Published in: Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2014.911905

zbMATH Keywords

optimal controlsemi-Markov decision processminimum average costpest populationsimple immigration-birth-death process

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of branching processes (60J85) Optimal stochastic control (93E20) Markov and semi-Markov decision processes (90C40) Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80) Continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces (60J27) Existence of optimal solutions to problems involving randomness (49J55)

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