DocumentCode
2012089
Title
A control theoretic analysis of the cotton aphid: an economics approach
Author
Martin, Robert ; Martin, Clyde
Author_Institution
Dept. of Math., Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
161
Lastpage
166
Abstract
The cotton aphid is an important pest affecting the profitability of cotton production. We study the problem of the optimal timing of pesticide application to control the aphid. The problem is complicated by the presence of a significant predator insect. The predator serves as a natural control of the aphid and is adversely affected by application of pesticide. Observation of the system is costly. We determine optimal state dependent rules for application of pesticide. We show that the first application of pesticide is a switching time between two dynamic systems
Keywords
agriculture; economics; optimisation; time optimal control; agriculture; aphid; cotton production; optimization; pest control; pesticide application; predator-prey model; Costs; Cotton; Insects; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Optimal control; Production; Profitability; Spraying; Timing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Control, 2001. (ISIC '01). Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Mexico City
ISSN
2158-9860
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6722-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISIC.2001.971502
Filename
971502
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