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Published on: July 14, 2018
Singular stochastic control model for algae growth management in dam downstream
Hidekazu Yoshioka1, Yuta Yaegashi2,3
1a Faculty of Life and Environmental Science , Shimane University , Matsue , Shimane , Japan.
Abstract:
A stochastic control model for finding an ecologically sound, fit-for-purpose dam operation policy to suppress bloom of attached algae in its downstream is presented. A singular exactly solvable and a more realistic regular-singular cases are analysed in terms of a Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation. Regularity and consistency of the value function are analysed and its classical verification theorem is established. Practical implications of the mathematical analysis results are discussed focusing on parameter dependence of the optimal controls. An asymptotic analysis with a numerical computation reveals solution behaviour of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation near the origin, namely at the early stage of algae growth.
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