We consider team optimal control of decentralized systems with linear dynamics and quadratic costs that consist of multiple sub-populations with exchangeable agents (i.e., exchanging two agents within the same sub-population does not affect the dynamics or the cost). Such a system is equivalent to one where the dynamics and costs are coupled across agents through the mean-field (or empirical me...

We consider team optimal control of decentralized systems with linear dynamics, quadratic costs, and arbitrary disturbance that consist of multiple sub-populations with exchangeable agents (i.e., exchanging two agents within the same sub-population does not affect the dynamics or the cost). Such a system is equivalent to one where the dynamics and costs are coupled across agents through the mea...

The “age-dependent parity progression model” is intended to describe the birth process of females by introducing the age distribution density of women who have a given birth order (number of births) and the ageparity-specific fertility. The idea of population dynamics based on parity progression can be traced back to Henry [I], and later Whelpton [2] and Feeney [3]. The advantage of this model ...