🐺 Wolf Population Management MDP after Marescot et al. 2012

Step 1/15 Disc. Score 0.000 Pop ~560
1 Aggressive Cull 2 Partial Cull 3 Protect 4 Do Nothing R Reset
🌲 Current Wolf Population
~560
Wolves in Yellowstone Region
Moderate
200 (Critical Low) ← Optimal Zone β†’ 1000+ (Overpop)
🌿 Conservation Perspective
Population at sustainable level. Monitor for recovery.
πŸ„ Rancher Perspective
Acceptable losses. Active management preferred.
Choose your management action. The goal is to maintain an optimal wolf population β€” not too few (conservation failure), not too many (livestock losses).
🎯 Management Action
πŸ“Š Population History (15 Steps)
πŸ’‘ Score Decomposition
Conservation value
0.000
Livestock protection
0.000
Total cumulative
0.000
Optimal achievable
0.000
Random Seed
Progress
Steps remaining
15
Completed steps
Running Score
Total reward
0.000
Last step reward
β€”
Efficiency vs optimal
β€”
State Reference
Reward Preview (current state)
R[state][action]
Cull
Partial
Protect
Nothing
Optimal Policy (MDP)
Best action per state
Game Over
10 management steps complete
Your Score
0.00
discounted (Ξ³=0.95)
Optimal Score
0.00
SDP solution (Ξ³=0.95)
Efficiency
0%
vs optimal
Final Pop.
β€”
wolves