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Switching it up: the secret survival strategy to life as revealed by mathematics
Switching it up: the secret survival strategy to life as revealed by mathematics

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Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo have applied stochastic optimal control theory to biological systems, studying how these systems behave. By using concepts and tools from information theory, they successfully converted the nonlinear optimization problem into a reasonably solvable form. The optimal control strategies for problems such as biodiversity and epidemics are found to exhibit "mode-switching" phenomena, where sharply transitioning from weak to strong control provides the most effective solution.