Optimal Integrated Control of Univoltine Pest Populations with Age Structure

Christine A. Shoemaker
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Christine A. Shoemaker: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Operations Research, 1982, vol. 30, issue 1, 40-61

Abstract: A procedure is presented for calculating optima integration and timing of biological, chemical and cultural methods for control of a univoltine pest population in a random environment. The procedure describes a system of high dimension by two nested models: a stochastic dynamic programming problem with four state variables and a more detailed differential equation model describing the effect of management and weather on population demography and crop yield. A computational algorithm is presented which reduces computation requirements for the population model from about 10 13 operations to 10 6 operations for a typical example. Results are presented from the application of the method to control the alfalfa weevil by a combination of insecticide applications, early harvesting, and biological control provided by a parasite.

Keywords: 71 cost-effective pest control; 112 integrated pest management; 292 optimal pest control under uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1982
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