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Q 1) Find the time t for maximum present value of the profitt

Q 2) what is then the optimal harvesting time (without rotatation, max profit).

 

given info;

growth function for the fish, with t as number of years:

 \(w(t) = 4.8t{}^{2}-1.52t{}^{3}\)

Price function:

\(p(w)= 30 + 0.45 w(t)\)

 

Number of fish; R = 1

mortality rate for the fish m = 0.1

Bank intrest r = 0.05 per year or 0.0042 a month

Feed costs: Cf = 11 per kg, feed factor ft = 1.1

useage of food per fish F(t) = ft * w' 

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Optimizing porblem I have been using ; 

(but i dont know if this is for rotation or not)

 

\(Max π(t)=V(t){e}^{-rt} - \int_{0}^{t}C{}_{f}F(u)R{e}^{-(M+r)u}du{}_{}\)

 

with

\(V(t)= p(w)*B(t)\)

\(B(t)=Re{}^{-mt}*w(t)\)

 

\(π'(t)=V'(t){e}^{-rt} - rV(t){e}^{-rt}-C{}_{f}F{}_{t}w'(t)Re{}^{-(M+r)t}=0\)

 

rewritten as

 

\(\frac{p'(w)}{p(w)}*w'(t*)+\frac{w'(t*)}{w(t*)}=r+m+\frac{{C}_{f}F(t*)}{p(w)w(t*)} \)

 May 10, 2016
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bump!

 May 11, 2016
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okey so found the maximum present value = 1.96666.... 7 or 23 months.

Would this also be the optimal harvesting time?

I see the profitt at 2 is actually bigger than 1.9666 but, pi ' is negative here.

indecision

 May 11, 2016

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