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OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY FOR SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Citation:
SHASTRI, Y., U. DIWEKAR, AND H. CABEZAS. OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY FOR SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. Presented at American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisco, CA, November 12 - 17, 2006.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public
Description:
Sustainable management of the human and natural systems, taking into account their interactions, has become paramount. To achieve this complex multidisciplinary objective, systems theory based techniques prove useful. The proposed work is a step in that direction. Taking a food web model incorporating the essential aspects of the complete spectrum, it uses Fisher information based sustainability objectives and optimal control theory to derive sustainable management strategies. For the considered model, the results will highlight the important aspects parameters and variables. However, on broader perspectives, the results should be viewed as the proof of concept for the application of systems theory based techniques in sustainability. The important conclusions and results from this study should form the basis for the use of such approaches for more complicated models.