Title :
Frequency-domain approach to population control
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas Univ., Arlington, TX, USA
Abstract :
Some preliminary results of a new approach to population control is reported. The frequency-domain model of population system is reviewed. Without any simplifications, this model has an infinite-dimensional transfer function with time delay. In the present study a reduced-order model is obtained and applied to the stability analysis of a population system. Algorithms relating the average fertility rate to the total population are derived and verified. These algorithms can be applied to population forecasting and the construction of population policy. Unlike previous approaches using functional analysis and nonlinear control theory, the present approach here can be understood with very limited exposure to classical control and linear systems theory
Keywords :
delays; demography; forecasting theory; frequency-domain analysis; multidimensional systems; system theory; average fertility rate; demography; frequency-domain model; functional analysis; infinite-dimensional transfer function; linear systems theory; population control; population forecasting; reduced-order model; stability analysis; time delay; Control systems; Control theory; Delay effects; Frequency domain analysis; Functional analysis; Linear systems; Nonlinear control systems; Reduced order systems; Stability analysis; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 1992., First IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0047-5
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.1992.269826
