Tackling pests using game theory to support cooperative management

该项目旨在通过协助减轻虫害机构的合作，改善对入侵物种的管理。预计这将产生更有效率和更有效的战略，有可能大大改善当地和全球的农业和环境成果。利用博弈论、空间建模和生态学的跨学科方法有望创建一个新的框架，以确定各机构如何以及何时进行合作，以及合作如何影响虫害防治战略的成本和效益。昆士兰州是澳大利亚最大的农业生产州之一，也是澳大利亚大量濒危物种的家园，该项目将通过改善对整个昆士兰州入侵物种的管理带来重大效益。

This project aims to improve management of invasive species by assisting pest mitigation agencies to work together. This is expected to result in more efficient and effective strategies, with the potential to dramatically improve local and global agricultural and environmental outcomes. An interdisciplinary approach using game theory, spatial modelling, and ecology is expected to create a novel framework to identify how and when agencies might collaborate, and how collaboration might impact on costs and benefits of pest control strategies. The project will provide significant benefits by improving management of invasive species across Queensland, one of Australia's largest agricultural producing states and home to a vast number of Australia's threatened species.