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Gilead
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Hmm, you could rewrite it this way: (I'm going to assume that $\pi_0, \pi_1, \xi'', \mu, \lambda$ are pre-defined constants, and $\alpha,W$ are variables)

$$ \begin{align} &\max_{W}\; \pi_{0} (1 - e^{-\mu W}) - \frac{\pi_{1}}{W}z_{1}(W)\\ s.t.\;& \frac{dz_{0}(\alpha)}{d\alpha} = 1 - e^{-\mu \alpha},\quad z_{0}(0) = 0\\ & \frac{dz_{1}(\alpha)}{d\alpha} = 1 - e^{-\lambda \alpha},\quad z_{1}(0) = 0\\ & z_{0}(W) + \epsilon \leq \xi''\\ & W \geq 0 \end{align} $$ where $z_{0},z_{1}$ are auxiliary variables and $\epsilon$ is a numerical tolerance value. This then becomes a DAE (differential-algebraic equation) optimization problem.

Edit: I just realized, if indeed $\xi''$ is a constant as I have assumed, the inequality constraint can easily be converted into a bound. $$ \begin{align} \int_{0}^{W^U} 1-e^{-\mu \alpha}\,d\alpha = \xi'' - \epsilon\\ \frac{e^{-\mu W^{U}}}{\mu} + W^{U} - \frac{1}{\mu} = \xi'' - \epsilon\\ \end{align} $$ Solve for $W^{U}$, and replace the above inequality constraints with: $$ 0 \leq W \leq W^{U} $$

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