English

Comparison Theorem for Viability Kernels via Conic Preorders

Optimization and Control 2020-07-22 v2

Abstract

In natural resource management, decision-makers often aim at maintaining thestate of the system within a desirable set for all times.For instance, fisheries management procedures include keeping thespawning stock biomass over a critical threshold.Another example is given by the peak control of an epidemic outbreakthat encompasses maintaining thenumber of infected individuals below medical treatment capacities.In mathematical terms, one controls a dynamical system.Then, keeping the state of the system within a desirable set for all times is possible when the initial state belongs to the so-called viabilitykernel. We introduce the notion of conic quasimonotonicity reducibility.With this property, we provide a comparison theorem by inclusion between two viabilitykernels, corresponding to two control systems in the infinite horizon case. Wealso derive conditions for equality. We illustrate the method with a model for thebiocontrol of a vector-transmitted epidemic.

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@article{arxiv.2004.04473,
  title  = {Comparison Theorem for Viability Kernels via Conic Preorders},
  author = {Michel de Lara and Pedro Gajardo and Diego Vicencio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.04473},
  year   = {2020}
}
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