Cow-Calf Producers' Perceived Profit Maximization Objective: A Logit Analysis

Bull management for cow/calf producers

Fertility in a bull is generally defined as the ability to impregnate females. Certainly that is a minimum requirement, but a bull with high fertility is able to impregnate more than the expected number of cows in a short breeding season. Such a bull has greater economic value than one of lesser fertility (1,17). If the bull also has a desirable genetic background, it could contribute more than...

Cow/Calf Analysis: Key Indicators of Profitability

Evaluation of Cow and Calf Performance and Profit Potential in Beef Systems

Profit Maximization of a Power Plant

This paper addresses the problem of profit maximization of a power plant by utilizing three different fuel systems in an optimal manner. Pontryagin’s maximum principle is used to derive properties of the optimal control strategy. These properties give rise to a switching function. Subsequently, certain heuristics are introduced and used in combination with discrete optimization to obtain an ini...

Customer Selection and Profit Maximization