The policy which maximises long-term survival of an animal faced with the risks of starvation and predation
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Publication:3348764
DOI10.2307/1427537zbMath0726.92028OpenAlexW2314417896WikidataQ115494253 ScholiaQ115494253MaRDI QIDQ3348764
Publication date: 1990
Published in: Advances in Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1427537
nonnegative matricessurvival probabilitystorage capacitystarvationpredation riskenergy reservesbody fatfinite-state, finite-time-horizon Markov decision problemmetabolic expenditure
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