An optimal control problem in economics

The first problem in the economics of natural resources is to find the rate at which to extract the resource in order to optimize its value when there are no extraction costs. It is shown that the existence of an optimal extraction path is not guaranteed by a utility function that is merely (strictl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jannett Highfill, Michael McAsey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1991-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S016117129100073X