Conservation of an ecosystem through optimal taxation

Krishna S., Srinivasu P., Kaymakcalan B.

BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY, vol.60, no.3, pp.569-584, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 60 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 1998
  • Doi Number: 10.1006/bulm.1997.0023
  • Journal Name: BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.569-584
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

In this paper we study a harvesting problem in the presence of a predator and a tax. The objective is to maximize the monetary social benefit as well as prevent the predator from extinction, keeping the ecological balance. (C) 1998 Society for Mathematical Biology.