Decision and Control in Uncertain Resource Systems

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Author(s): Marc Mangel (Eds.)
Series: Mathematics in Science and Engineering 172
Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 1985

Language: English
Pages: iii-v, ix-xi, xiii

Content:
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Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Dedication
Page v

Preface
Pages ix-xi

Acknowledgments
Page xiii

Introduction
Pages 1-5

1 Discrete and Continuous Stochastic Processes
Pages 6-41

2 Stochastic Control and Dynamic Programming
Pages 42-73

3 Key Results in the Deterministic Theory of Resource Exploitation
Pages 74-92

4 Exploration for and Optimal Utilization of Exhaustible Resources
Pages 93-131

5 Exploration, Observation, and Assessment of Renewable Resource Stocks
Pages 132-169

6 Management of Fluctuating Renewable Resource Stocks
Pages 170-202

7 Management of Mixed Renewable and Exhaustible Resource Systems: Agricultural Pest Control
Pages 203-220

8 Introduction to Numerical Techniques
Pages 221-238

References
Pages 239-249

Index
Pages 251-255