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Theory and Modern Applications

Table 5 Average populations in the cases of constant \((h^{*})\), time-dependent \((h^{*}(t))\), and without control

From: Optimal control problem arises from illegal poaching of southern white rhino mathematical model

Population

\(N_{1}\)

\(N_{2}\)

\(N_{3}\)

M

Cost

Without control

85.5662

562.3740

2.7990

16.6829

1668.2890

Constant \(h^{*}=0.6908\)

85.0596

583.7860

0.4183

1.6842

173.1947

(↑↓)

↓0.59%

↑3.81%

↓85.06%

↓89.90%

Time-dependent \(h^{*}(t)\)

85.0038

585.3283

0.2828

1.1182

117.8970

(↑↓)

↓0.66%

↑4.08%

↓89.89%

↓93.29%