The salience of the notion of resilience in affecting the static and the intertemporal behavior of jointly determined ecological-economic systems has been understood by ecologists at least since 1973. Despite this, there are very few analyses of such systems that examine the ecological and the...

The significance of the concept of resilience in determining the static and the dynamic behavior of jointly determined ecological-economic systems has been recognized by ecologists at least since Holling (1973). This notwithstanding, there are very few formal studies of such systems that analyze...

The significance of the concept of resilience in determining the static and the dynamic behavior of jointly determined ecological-economic systems has been recognized by ecologists for quite some time now. However, there are very few formal studies of ecological-economic systems that explicitly...

Actions taken by a manager affect the health of the keystone species of an ecological-economic system. In turn, the health of these keystone species largely determines the resilience of the underlying ecological-economic system. What are the nexuses between managerial actions, keystone species,...

Recently, Batabyal et al. (2005) have used a queuing model to show that there is a tension between economic cost minimization and inspection stringency in invasive species management in the following sense: Greater (lesser) inspection stringency with a larger (smaller) number of inspectors leads...

Actions taken by a manager affect the health of the keystone species of an ecological-economic system. In turn, the health of these keystone species largely determines the resilience of the underlying ecological-economic system. What are the nexuses between managerial actions, keystone species,...

We propose and develop a new framework for analyzing the problem of precluding biological invasions caused by ships transporting internationally traded goods between nations and continents. In particular, we apply the methods of queuing theory to study the problem of precluding a biological...

Managerial actions affect the survival probabilities of the keystone species of an ecological-economic system. In turn, the well-being of these keystone species translates into the well-being or the resilience of the underlying ecological-economic system. What are the theoretical links between...

Managerial actions influence the survival probabilities of the keystone species of an ecological-economic system. In turn, the well-being of these keystone species translates into the well-being or the resilience of the underlying ecological-economic system. What are the theoretical links...

We study the problem of precluding biological invasions caused by ships transporting internationally traded goods in containers between different regions of the world. Using the long run expected net cost (LRENC) of inspections as the apposite managerial objective, we address the following...