Since the introduction of African swine fever (ASF) into Georgia in 2007, the disease has
been spreading in an unprecedented way. Many countries that are still free from the disease …

Farms face various risks such as uncertainties in the natural growth process, obtaining
adequate financing, volatile input and output prices, unpredictable changes in farm-related …

At the start of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign in Mexico, the
vaccine was the world's most essential and scarce asset. Managing its administration to …

We compare the computational performance of linear programming (LP) and the policy
iteration algorithm (PIA) for solving discrete-time infinite-horizon Markov decision process …

The effectiveness of infectious disease control depends on the ability of health managers to
act in a coordinated way. However, with regards to non-notifiable animal diseases, farmers …

Livestock farming problems are often sequential in nature. For instance at a specific time
instance the decision on whether to replace an animal or not is based on known information …

This article addresses the additional challenges being faced when biological models are
used as a basis for decision support in livestock herds. The challenges include dealing with …

Tourism is an all-around industry, with a very salient driving role, is hailed as the" promising
industry"," mainstay industry", it has played a good role in promoting the economic …

Le contrôle des maladies transmissibles est une préoccu-pation majeure du secteur des
productions animales. Pour les maladies non réglementées, chaque éleveur décide la mise …

It is now widely acknowledged that spatial structure and hence the spatial position of host
populations plays a vital role in the spread of infection. In this work I investigate an ensemble …