4. Consider a resource allocation problem for a Martian base. A fleet of N reconfigurable, general purpose robots is sen

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4. Consider a resource allocation problem for a Martian base. A fleet of N reconfigurable, general purpose robots is sent to Mars at t= 0. The robots can (i) replicate or (ii) make human habitats. We model this setting as a dynamical system. Let z be the number of robots and b be the number of buildings. Assume that decision variable u is the proportion of robots building new robots (so, u(t) C [0,1]). Then, z(0) N, 6(0) = 0, and z(t)=au(t)r(1), b(1)=8(1 u(t))x(1) where a > 0, and 3> 0 are given constants. Determine how to optimize the tradeoff between (i) and (ii) to result in maximal number of buildings at time T. Find the optimal policy for general constants a>0, 8>0, and T≥ 0.