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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, which can be solved numerically. (though given that your decision variable is also the independent variable in the differential equations, some further bilinear transformations may be required).

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: $$ 0 \leq W \leq W^{U} $$ You may be able to solve this using optimal control methods.

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