Gustav Feichtinger

Professor Gustav Feichtinger worked at IIASA from 1992 - 2004 (part time) on population problems. He re-joined IIASA in 2015 as a guest senior research scholar of the Advanced Systems Analysis (ASA) Program.

Professor Feichtinger studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Vienna. He holds a PhD in Mathematics (1963, Dissertation in Group Theory). After a research position at the IBM Laboratory Vienna he moved to the University of Bonn (1965 – 1972), where he was Assistant and Associate Professor of Statistics (Habilitation in Statistics and Demography). In 1972, he was appointed to Full Professor for Operations Research at the Vienna University of Technology (Faculty of Mathematics: Professor emeritus since 2008). Since 1977, he has been Research Group Leader for Formal (later: Economic) Demography at the Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. In 2001, he was elected as corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Since 2007, he holds an Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty for Economics of the University of Magdeburg.

His research interests are as follows:
•Applications of optimal control theory and dynamic games in economics and OR
•Nonlinear dynamic modelling of socio-economic processes
•Economics of 'deviant behavior': addiction, corruption, violence, terrorism
•Dynamic cost-benefit analysis in public policy, epidemiology (illicit drug dynamics, HIV)
•Demography, population mathematics and economics
•Health economics and disease control
•Social interactions, peer groups and networks.


Last update: 10-DEC-2015

Feichtinger G, Grass D, & Kort PM (2019). Optimal scientific production over the life cycle. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 108: e103752. DOI:10.1016/j.jedc.2019.103752.

Sánchez-Romero M, Wrzaczek S, Prskawetz A, & Feichtinger G (2018). Does Demography Change Wealth Inequality? In: Control Systems and Mathematical Methods in Economics. pp. 349-375 Springer-Verlag. 10.1007/978-3-319-75169-6_17.

Wrzaczek S, Kaplan EH, Caulkins JP, Seidl A, & Feichtinger G (2017). Differential Terror Queue Games. Dynamic Games and Applications 7 (4): 578-593. DOI:10.1007/s13235-016-0195-1.

Feichtinger G, Fürnkranz-Prskawetz A, Seidl A, Simon C, & Wrzaczek S (2017). A bifurcation analysis of gender equality and fertility. Journal of Evolutionary Economics 27 (5): 1221-1243. DOI:10.1007/s00191-017-0534-4.

Caulkins JP, Feichtinger G, Grass D, Hartl RF, Kort PM, & Seidl A (2017). Interaction of Pricing, Advertising and Experience Quality: A Dynamic Analysis. European Journal of Operational Research 256 (3): 877-885. DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2016.06.056.

Seidl A, Wrzaczek S, El Ouardighi F, & Feichtinger G (2016). Optimal career strategies and brain drain in academia. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 168 (1): 268-295. DOI:10.1007/s10957-015-0747-3.

Moser E, Prskawetz A, Feichtinger G, & Barakat B (2016). Maximizing female labor force participation in a stationary population. In: Dynamic Perspectives on Managerial Decision Making. pp. 167-188 Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-39120-510.1007/978-3-319-39120-5_10.

Templin T, Seidl A, Wickström BA, & Feichtinger G (2016). Optimal language policy for the preservation of a minority language. Mathematical Social Sciences 81: 8-21. DOI:10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2016.03.006.

Kuhn M, Wrzaczek S, Prskawetz A, & Feichtinger G (2015). Optimal choice of health and retirement in a life-cycle model. Journal of Economic Theory 158: 186-212. DOI:10.1016/j.jet.2015.04.006.

Caulkins Jp, Feichtinger G, Grass D, Hartl RF, Kort PM, Novak AJ, Seidl A, & Wirl F (2014). A Dynamic Analysis of Schelling’s Binary Corruption Model: A Competitive Equilibrium Approach. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 161 (2): 608-625. DOI:10.1007/s10957-013-0420-7.

Lutz W & Feichtinger G (2005). Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2005. Vienna: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 978-3-7001-3576-0 DOI:10.1553/populationyearbook2005.

Lutz W, Scherbov S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-1073, Prskawetz A, Dworak M, & Feichtinger G (2002). Population, natural resources, and food security: Lessons from comparing full and reduced-form models. In: Population and Environment: Methods of Analysis. Eds. W.C., W. Lutz, A. Prskawetz, & Sanderson, , New York: Population Council.

Borisov V, Feichtinger G, & Kryazhimskii A (2000). Optimal Enforcement on a Pure Seller's Market of Illicit Drugs. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 106 (1): 1-22. DOI:10.1023/A:1004629722109.

Lutz W, Scherbov S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-1073, Fürnkranz-Prskawetz A, Dworak M, & Feichtinger G (2000). Population, Natural Resources and Food Security Lessons from Comparing Full and Reduced Form Models. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-00-038

Prskawetz A, Feichtinger G, Luptacik M, Milik A, Wirl F, Hof F, & Lutz W (1999). Endogenous growth of population and income depending on resource and knowledge. European Journal of Population 14 (4): 305-331. DOI:10.1023/A:1026455314994.

Bauer D, Feichtinger G, Lutz W, & Sanderson WC (1999). Variances of Population Projections: Comparison of Two Approaches. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-99-063

Feichtinger G (1999). Optimal control of law enforcement. In: Dynamics and Control. Eds. Leitmann, G, Udwadia, FE & Kryazhimskii, AV, London: Gordon and Breach. ISBN 9789056991722

Behrens DA, Caulkins JP, Tragler G, Haunschmied JL, & Feichtinger G (1999). A dynamic model of drug initiation: Implications for treatment and drug control. Mathematical Biosciences 159 (1): 1-20. DOI:10.1016/S0025-5564(99)00016-4.

Feichtinger G, Dawid H, & Hartl RF (1999). Nonlinear dynamical systems and adaptive methods. Annals of Operations Research 89

Feichtinger G, Dawid H, & Hartl RF (1999). Optimal control and differential games. Annals of Operations Research 88

Kort PM, Haunschmied JL, & Feichtinger G (1999). Optimal firm investment in security. Annals of Operations Research 88: 81-98. DOI:10.1023/A:1018907119401.

Feichtinger G (1999). Dynamic economic models of optimal law enforcement. In: Modelling and Decisions in Economics: Essays in Honor of Franz Ferschl. Eds. Leopold-Wildburger, U., Feichtinger, G. & Kistner, K.-P., Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag.

Fent T, Zalesak M, & Feichtinger G (1999). Optimal offending in view of the offender's criminal record. Central European Journal of Operations Research 7 (2): 111-127.

Jorgensen SA, Feichtinger G, & Novak A (1999). Petrarch's "Canzoniere": Rational addiction and amorous cycles. Journal of Mathematical Sociology 23 (3): 225-240. DOI:10.1080/0022250X.1999.9990221.

Steinmann G, Prskawetz A, & Feichtinger G (1998). A model on the escape from the Malthusian trap. Journal of Population Economics 11 (4): 535-550. DOI:10.1007/s001480050083.

Kort PM, Feichtinger G, Hartl RF, & Haunschmied JL (1998). Optimal enforcement policies (crackdowns) on an illicit drug market. Optimal Control Applications and Methods 19 (3): 169-184. DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1514(199805/06)19:3<169::AID-OCA625>3.0.CO; 2-A.

Maurer HJ, Bueskens C, & Feichtinger G (1998). Solution techniques for periodic control problems: A case study in production planning. Optimal Control Applications and Methods 19 (3): 185-203. DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1514(199805/06)19:3<185::AID-OCA627>3.0.CO; 2-E.

Rinaldi S, Feichtinger G, & Wirl F (1998). Corruption dynamics in democratic societies. Complexity 3 (5): 53-64. DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1099-0526(199805/06)3:5<53::AID-CPLX10>3.0.CO; 2-L.

Kopel M, Feichtinger G, & Dawid H (1998). Periodic and chaotic programs of intertemporal optimization models with non-concave net benefit function. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization DOI:10.1016/S0167-2681(97)00068-1.

Feichtinger G, Tragler G, & Behrens DA (1998). Optimale Kontrolle des Drogenkonsums. OR News: 6-12.

Dawid H, Kopel M, & Feichtinger G (1997). Complex solutions of nonconcave dynamic optimization models. Economic Theory 9 (3): 427-439. DOI:10.1007/BF01213847.

Feichtinger G, Behrens DA, & Prskawetz A (1997). Complex dynamics and control of arms race. European Journal of Operational Research 100 (1): 192-215. DOI:10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00018-5.

Feichtinger G, Hommes CH, & Milik A (1997). Chaotic consumption patterns in a simple 2-d addiction model. Economic Theory 10 (1): 147-173. DOI:10.1007/s001990050151.

Feichtinger G, Dawid H, Novak A, & Wirl F (1997). Indeterminancy of open-loop Nash equilibria: The ruling class versus the tabloid press. In: Uncertainty: Models and Measures. Eds. Natke, H.G. & Ben-Haim, Y., Berlin: Akademie Verlag. ISBN 3-05-501740-4

Feichtinger G, Dockner EJ, & Prskawetz A (1997). Nonlinear dynamics and predictability in the Austrian stock market. In: System Dynamics in Economic and Financial Models. Eds. Heij, C., John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-969-346

Feichtinger G & Dawid H (1996). Optimal allocation of drug control efforts: A differential game analysis. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 91 (3): 279-297. DOI:10.1007/BF02190097.

Gragnani A, Rinaldi S, & Feichtinger G (1996). Complex Dynamics in Romantic Relationships. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-96-074

Milik A, Prskawetz A, Feichtinger G, & Sanderson WC (1996). Slow-Fast dynamics in Wonderland. Environmental Modeling & Assessment DOI:10.1007/BF01874842.

Feichtinger G, Forst C, & Piccardi C (1996). A nonlinear dynamical model for the dynastic cycle. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 7 (2): 257-271. DOI:10.1016/0960-0779(95)00011-9.

Feichtinger G (1996). Chaos theory in operations research. International Transactions in Operations Research 3 (1): 23-36. DOI:10.1016/0969-6016(96)00025-1.

Feichtinger G (1996). Komplexe Dynamik in den Sozialwissenschaften. In: Wissenschaft als Kultur: Oesterreichs Beitrag zur Moderne. Eds. Stadler, F., Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-211-82936-9

Feichtinger G (1996). Optimal control of law enforcement. In: Stability and Control: Theory, Methods and Applications. Eds. Kryazhimskii, A., London: Gordon and Breach.

Feichtinger G, Fischel G, Groeller E, & Prskawetz A (1996). Despotism and anarchy in Ancient China: Visualizing the dynastic cycle. Jahrbuch fuer Wirtschaftswissenschaften 47 (1): 1-13.

Feichtinger G & Novak A (1996). Persistent oscillations in a threshold adjustment model. Mathematical Modelling of System DOI:10.1080/13873959608837038.

Gröller E, Wegenkittl R, Milik A, Prskawetz A, Feichtinger G, & Sanderson WC (1996). The geometry of Wonderland. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 7 (12): 1989-2006. DOI:10.1016/S0960-0779(96)00067-7.

Milik A, Prskawetz A, Feichtinger G, & Sanderson WC (1996). Slow-fast Dynamics in Wonderland. IIASA Research Report (Reprint). IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RR-96-020. Reprinted from Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 1(1-2):3-17 (March 1996).

Feichtinger G, Prskawetz A, Herold W, & Zinner P (1995). Habit formation with threshold adjustment: Addiction may imply complex dynamics. Journal of Evolutionary Economics 5 (2): 157-172. DOI:10.1007/BF01199855.

Wirl F & Feichtinger G (1995). Persistent cyclical consumption: Variations on the Becker-Murphy model of addiction. Rationality and Society 7 (2): 156-166. DOI:10.1177/1043463195007002004.

Feichtinger G, Ghezzi LL, & Piccardi C (1995). Chaotic behavior in an advertising diffusion model. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 5 (1): 255-263. DOI:10.1142/S021812749500020X.

Novak A, Kaitala V, & Feichtinger G (1995). Resource leasing and optimal periodic capital investments. Zeitschrift fuer Operations Research 42 (1): 47-67. DOI:10.1007/BF01415673.

Prskawetz A & Feichtinger G (1995). Endogenous population growth may imply chaos. Journal of Population Economics 8 (1): 59-80.

Dawid H & Feichtinger G (1995). Complex optimal policies in an advertising diffusion model. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 5 (1): 45-53. DOI:10.1016/0960-0779(94)00208-8.

Gragnani A, Rinaldi S, & Feichtinger G (1995). Slow-Fast limit cycles in controlled drug markets. In: Proceedings of 3rd European Control Conference ECC '95, 5-8 September 1995.

Kopel M & Feichtinger G (1995). Rationalitaet und komplexes Verhalten. Homo oeconomicus und Chaos - Ein Widerspruch? Zeitschrift fuer Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung 47 (6): 545-557.

Tragler G, Feichtinger G, & Dawid H (1995). Optimal resource exploitation may be chaotic. Central European Journal of Operations Research: 111-122.

Prskawetz A, Feichtinger G, Luptacik M, Milik A, Wirl F, Hof F, & Lutz W (1994). Endogenous Growth of Population and Income Depending on Resource and Knowledge. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-94-133

Feichtinger G & Novak A (1994). Optimal pulsing in an advertising diffusion model. Optimal Control Applications and Methods 15 (4): 267-276. DOI:10.1002/oca.4660150405.

Feichtinger G & Wirl F (1994). On the stability and potential cyclicity of corruption in governments subject to popularity constraints. Mathematical Social Sciences 28 (2): 113-131. DOI:10.1016/0165-4896(94)00750-0.

Han M, Feichtinger G, & Hartl RF (1994). Nonconcavity and proper optimal periodic control. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 18 (5): 975-990. DOI:10.1016/0165-1889(94)90041-8.

Gragnani A, Feichtinger G, & Rinaldi S (1994). Dynamics of Drug Consumption: a Theoretical Model. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-94-077

Krasovskii NN, Feichtinger G, Hofer EP, & Ermoliev YM (1994). Decision Making Under Uncertainty. Paper Presented on IIASA's 20th Anniversary. IIASA Collaborative Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: CP-94-006

Feichtinger G, Hommes CH, & Herold W (1994). Chaos in a simple deterministic queueing system. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research 40 (1): 109-119. DOI:10.1007/BF01414032.

Feichtinger G & Novak A (1994). Differential game model of the dynastic cycle: 3D-canonical system with a stable limit cycle. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 80 (3): 407-423. DOI:10.1007/BF02207772.

Feichtinger G, Novak A, & Wirl F (1994). Limit cycles in intertemporal adjustment models: Theory and applications. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 18 (2): 353-380. DOI:10.1016/0165-1889(94)90013-2.

Feichtinger G, Hartl RF, & Sethi SP (1994). Dynamic optimal control models in advertising: Recent developments. Management Science 40 (2): 195-226.

Feichtinger G, Hommes CH, & Milik A (1994). Complex dynamics in a threshold advertising model. OR Spectrum 16 (2): 101-111. DOI:10.1007/BF01719467.

Feichtinger G & Kopel M (1994). Nichtlineare dynamische Systeme und Chaos: Neue Impulse fuer die Betriebswirtschaftslehre? Zeitschrift fuer Betriebswirtschaft 64 (1): 7-34.

Dockner EJ, Feichtinger G, & Mehlmann A (1993). Dynamic R&D competition with memory. Journal of Evolutionary Economics 3 (2): 145-152. DOI:10.1007/BF01213831.

Feichtinger G & Dockner EJ (1993). Environmentalists versus resources exploiters: A dynamic game analysis. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Systems Analysis and Management Decisions in Forestry, 8-12 March 1993.