Conservation of an ecosystem through optimal taxation
BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY, vol.60, no.3, pp.569-584, 1998 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- 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.