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Optimal Harvesting of a Stochastic Logistic Model Driven by One-Sided Tempered Stable Process

Wenmin Deng , Fu Zhang This is my paper

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A stochastic logistic model with one-sided tempered stable jumps admits explicit optimal harvesting effort and maximum sustainable yield.

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This paper studies a logistic population model subject to random harvesting and driven by tempered stable noise with one-sided jumps. It derives conditions that decide whether the population will go extinct or persist in the long run. The model is shown to have a unique stationary distribution, meaning its behavior stabilizes over time. Explicit formulas are obtained for the harvesting effort that maximizes the long-term yield, along with analysis of how the intensity of jumps and the stability parameters influence the optimal strategy. Four intervention strategies are proposed based on the tempering and stability features of the noise.

Core claim

For the stochastic logistic harvesting model driven by a one-sided tempered stable process with power-law Lévy measure, threshold conditions exist for extinction and persistence, the solution is distributionally stable, and the optimal harvesting effort h* and the maximum sustainable yield can be expressed in closed form as functions of the model parameters, including the stability index and tempering parameter.

What carries the argument

The one-sided power-law Lévy measure of the tempered stable process, which enables explicit integration and derivation of the optimal control solutions and the four targeted intervention strategies.

If this is right

  • If the thresholds are satisfied, the population persists with a stable distribution.
  • Optimal harvesting effort increases or decreases with white noise and Lévy jump intensity in quantifiable ways.
  • The stability index and tempering parameter directly shape the optimal strategy, allowing targeted interventions.
  • Maximum sustainable yield can be computed explicitly without numerical optimization.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • These results may extend to similar models with other Lévy processes if the explicit solvability can be approximated.
  • Real-world application would require estimating the stability index and tempering parameter from population data.
  • Similar approaches could inform conservation policies for species affected by rare but large environmental shocks.

Load-bearing premise

The driving noise must be a tempered stable process with a specific one-sided power-law Lévy measure to obtain the explicit solutions and intervention strategies.

What would settle it

A direct numerical simulation of the stochastic differential equation with the given tempered stable jumps that shows the computed optimal harvesting effort does not achieve the claimed maximum yield.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.15624 by Fu Zhang, Wenmin Deng.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Population dynamics under different harvesting efforts. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p024_1.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Optimal harvesting policy Y (H) as a function of h. • fig. 1 displays typical sample paths of the population process x(t) under the four scenarios listed in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p025_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Dependence of OHE h ∗ and MESY Y ∗ on white noise intensity τ 2 . • fig. 3 illustrates the impact of continuous noise. Subfigure (a) shows the vari￾ation of OHE h ∗ as a function of τ 2 , while subfigure (b) presents the corre￾sponding MESY Y ∗ . In these simulations, σ is fixed at 0.005. • fig. 4 depicts the influence of jump noise. Subfigure (c) shows how h ∗ varies with σ, and subfigure (d) shows the as… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Dependence of OHE h ∗ and MESY Y ∗ on jump noise intensity σ [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p027_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Dependence of OHE h ∗ on (β,λ). 27 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p027_5.png] view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Dependence of MESY Y ∗ on (β,λ). • fig. 6 shows the distribution of MESY Y ∗ over the same (β, λ) plane using an identical visualization scheme. By comparing this with fig. 5, one can directly contrast the effects of structural parameters on OHE h ∗ and MESY Y ∗ . Overall, the numerical results presented in this section provide a solid empirical foundation for the analysis and discussion in the next sectio… view at source ↗
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This paper investigates a class of stochastic Logistic harvesting models driven by tempered stable processes, with a one-sided power-law L\'evy measure. We establish threshold conditions for population extinction and persistence, prove the distributional stability of the model, and derive explicit solutions for the optimal harvesting effort and the maximum sustainable yield. We systematically analyze the effects of white noise intensity and L\'evy jump intensity on the optimal harvesting strategy. In particular, by focusing on the intrinsic structural parameters of the L\'evy measure, namely the stability index and the tempering parameter, we elucidate their roles in shaping the optimal strategy and propose four targeted intervention strategies. Numerical simulations are presented to validate the theoretical findings.

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Referee Report

2 major / 3 minor

Summary. This paper studies a stochastic logistic population model driven by a one-sided tempered stable Lévy process with power-law measure. It derives threshold conditions for extinction versus persistence, establishes distributional stability of the uncontrolled process, and obtains explicit closed-form expressions for the optimal harvesting effort and maximum sustainable yield by solving the associated integro-differential HJB equation. The work analyzes the effects of white-noise intensity, jump intensity, stability index α, and tempering parameter λ, proposes four targeted intervention strategies, and includes numerical simulations to illustrate the results.

Significance. If the explicit optimal-control formulas are rigorously justified, the manuscript would advance stochastic harvesting theory by supplying closed-form policies under tempered-stable jumps rather than relying solely on numerical approximation. The focus on the intrinsic Lévy-measure parameters (α and λ) provides a concrete way to translate jump characteristics into management recommendations, which is useful for ecological applications where heavy-tailed disturbances matter.

major comments (2)
  1. [§4.2] §4.2 (HJB equation and optimal effort): The reduction of the nonlocal integral term to an explicit algebraic expression in the value function exploits the power-law form ν(dz) = C z^{-1-α} e^{-λz} dz. The manuscript does not supply a verification theorem confirming that the resulting candidate u* is admissible and optimal for the controlled SDE, nor does it state the precise integrability conditions on α and λ that keep the moment-generating function finite under the optimal policy. This step is load-bearing for the central claim of explicit solutions.
  2. [§3] §3 (threshold conditions): The extinction/persistence thresholds and distributional stability are obtained via standard Lyapunov or ergodic arguments on the uncontrolled process. It remains unclear whether these thresholds continue to hold, or how they shift, once the optimal harvesting control u* is inserted into the dynamics; the interaction between the stability analysis and the controlled system is not addressed.
minor comments (3)
  1. [§2] The definition of the compensated Poisson random measure Ñ(dt,dz) and its compensator should be stated explicitly in the model section to prevent ambiguity when the integral term is evaluated.
  2. [§5] Figure captions for the numerical simulations do not list the specific parameter values (r, a, σ, C, α, λ) used in each panel, making reproducibility difficult.
  3. [Appendix] A few equations in the appendix lack numbers, complicating cross-references to the main text.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful and constructive review. The comments highlight important points regarding rigor and the connection between uncontrolled and controlled dynamics. We address each major comment below and indicate the revisions we will make.

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  1. Referee: [§4.2] §4.2 (HJB equation and optimal effort): The reduction of the nonlocal integral term to an explicit algebraic expression in the value function exploits the power-law form ν(dz) = C z^{-1-α} e^{-λz} dz. The manuscript does not supply a verification theorem confirming that the resulting candidate u* is admissible and optimal for the controlled SDE, nor does it state the precise integrability conditions on α and λ that keep the moment-generating function finite under the optimal policy. This step is load-bearing for the central claim of explicit solutions.

    Authors: We agree that a verification theorem is necessary to rigorously justify optimality and admissibility. In the revised manuscript we will add a dedicated verification result showing that the candidate solution satisfies the HJB equation in the classical sense and is optimal for the controlled SDE. We will also state the precise integrability conditions: 0 < α < 1 together with λ larger than an explicit threshold depending on the model parameters, which guarantees that the moment-generating function remains finite along the optimally controlled trajectories. These additions will be placed immediately after the derivation of the explicit policy. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [§3] §3 (threshold conditions): The extinction/persistence thresholds and distributional stability are obtained via standard Lyapunov or ergodic arguments on the uncontrolled process. It remains unclear whether these thresholds continue to hold, or how they shift, once the optimal harvesting control u* is inserted into the dynamics; the interaction between the stability analysis and the controlled system is not addressed.

    Authors: Section 3 establishes baseline extinction and persistence criteria for the uncontrolled process, which are required to interpret the subsequent control problem. Under the optimal harvesting policy the controlled process remains positive and the persistence threshold is preserved provided the uncontrolled process satisfies the persistence condition; the state-dependent control u* is constructed so that the effective drift stays above the extinction boundary. In the revision we will insert a short remark after Theorem 3.2 clarifying this relationship and noting that the distributional stability result carries over to the controlled system when the uncontrolled thresholds hold, with the harvesting intensity bounded by the growth parameters. revision: yes

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full rationale

The paper derives threshold conditions for extinction/persistence and distributional stability via standard Lyapunov/ergodic arguments on the controlled logistic SDE. Explicit optimal harvesting effort u* and maximum yield are obtained by solving the integro-differential HJB equation and using the assumed one-sided power-law form of the tempered stable Levy measure to reduce the nonlocal integral term to an algebraic expression in the value function. This is a direct consequence of the model assumptions rather than a self-definitional loop, fitted parameter renamed as prediction, or load-bearing self-citation. No uniqueness theorem or ansatz is imported from prior author work in a way that collapses the central claims. The derivation stands independently of its inputs.

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The central claims rest on the well-posedness of the SDE with one-sided tempered stable noise and on the existence of explicit solutions under that specific Levy measure; no free parameters or invented entities are identifiable from the abstract alone.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption The stochastic differential equation driven by the one-sided tempered stable process admits well-defined threshold conditions for extinction and persistence.
    Invoked to establish the main stability and harvesting results.

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