On-off policy and hysteresis on-off policy control of the herbivore-vegetation dynamics in a semi-arid grazing system [An article from: Ecological Engineering]

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Description:
In the grazing management context, an on-off policy as well as a hysteresis on-off policy can be used to avoid the collapse in the vegetation-herbivore dynamical system model. We consider a dynamical system sensitive to soil degradation. The on-off policy changes the dynamics of the vegetation-herbivore system in such a way that a positive stable equilibrium point is achieved, and the hysteresis on-off policy changes the dynamics in such a way that a limit cycle (bounded oscillation) can be achieved, and the multiple stable states that arise in this type of system are avoided. A new model is introduced in which changes in the dynamics that occur on account of switching are explicitly introduced. Policies can be designed by a suitable choice of so called virtual equilibrium points in a simple and intuitive manner.