Journal: Forest Science

Found 60 papers in total
Valuing a forest as a call option: The sale of Forestry Corporation of New Zealand
Valuing a forest as a call option: The sale of Forestry Corporation of New Zealand
2000,
In September 1996, the New Zealand (NZ) Government sold its 100% shareholding...
Analytical group decision making in natural resources: Methodology and application
Analytical group decision making in natural resources: Methodology and application
2000,
Group decision making is becoming increasingly important in natural resource...
Understanding the tradeoffs between site quality and species presence in reserve site selection
Understanding the tradeoffs between site quality and species presence in reserve site selection
2000,
A number of optimization models have been developed for natural reserve design and...
Optimizing forest stand management with natural regeneration and single-tree choice variables
Optimizing forest stand management with natural regeneration and single-tree choice variables
2000,
This article addresses the any-aged forest management problem with individual trees as...
Impacts of the time horizon for adjacency constraints in harvest scheduling
Impacts of the time horizon for adjacency constraints in harvest scheduling
2000,
Adjacency constraints, constraints which limit the harvest timings of adjacent...
A model and tabu search method to optimize stand harvest and road construction schedules
A model and tabu search method to optimize stand harvest and road construction schedules
2000,
An important function of tactical planning in forest management is to choose spatially...
A three-stage heuristic for harvest scheduling with access road network development
A three-stage heuristic for harvest scheduling with access road network development
2000,
In this article we present a new model for the scheduling of forest harvesting with...
Comparing adjacency constraint formulations for randomly generated forest planning problems with four age-class distributions
Comparing adjacency constraint formulations for randomly generated forest planning problems with four age-class distributions
2000,
Three types of adjacency constraint formulations – pairwise, Type I ND...
A timing-oriented approach to spatial allocation of fire management effort
A timing-oriented approach to spatial allocation of fire management effort
2000,
This article explores spatial optimization approaches to fire (and possibly fuel)...
A solution method for uneven-aged management applied to Norway spruce
A solution method for uneven-aged management applied to Norway spruce
2000,
The uneven-aged management problem is to determine the management regime for an...
The grid packing problem: Selecting a harvesting pattern in an area with forbidden regions
The grid packing problem: Selecting a harvesting pattern in an area with forbidden regions
1996,
The problem of determining the maximum value or maximum volume cutting pattern in a...
An integer programming approach for spatially and temporally optimizing wildlife populations
An integer programming approach for spatially and temporally optimizing wildlife populations
1994,
This paper presents mixed integer programming formulations that optimize the spatial...
Growth and management of mixed-species, uneven-aged forests in the French Jura: Implications for economic returns and tree diversity
Growth and management of mixed-species, uneven-aged forests in the French Jura: Implications for economic returns and tree diversity
1995,
The forests of the Jura mountains are among the most productive in France. This study...
Estimating economic gains for landowners due to time-dependent changes in biotechnology
Estimating economic gains for landowners due to time-dependent changes in biotechnology
1999,
This paper presents a model for examining the economic value of biotechnological...
Afforestation as a real option: Some policy implications
Afforestation as a real option: Some policy implications
1999,
The theory of real options is applied to the decision of establishing a new forest...
Combining a decomposition strategy with dynamic programming to solve spatially constrained forest management scheduling problems
Combining a decomposition strategy with dynamic programming to solve spatially constrained forest management scheduling problems
1999,
A decomposition approach to solve the forest management scheduling adjacency problem...
Spatially optimizing wildlife habitat edge effects in forest management linear and mixed-integer programs
Spatially optimizing wildlife habitat edge effects in forest management linear and mixed-integer programs
1999,
We present a spatial optimization model that accounts for wildlife edge effects...
Optimal public harvesting under the interdependence of public and private forests
Optimal public harvesting under the interdependence of public and private forests
1999,
This article studies the design of optimal public harvesting in an economy with...
An analysis of Monte Carlo integer programming, simulated annealing, and tabu search heuristics for solving spatial harvest scheduling problems
An analysis of Monte Carlo integer programming, simulated annealing, and tabu search heuristics for solving spatial harvest scheduling problems
1999,
Heuristics are commonly used to solve spatial harvest scheduling problems. They can...
Spatial restrictions in harvest scheduling
Spatial restrictions in harvest scheduling
1999,
Forest resource use has traditionally been multifaceted. In order to ensure that these...
A linear programming, tabu search method for solving forest-level bucking optimization problems
A linear programming, tabu search method for solving forest-level bucking optimization problems
1999,
The forest-level bucking optimization problem consists of determining the bucking...
Using dynamic programming and overlapping subproblems to address adjacency in large harvest scheduling problems
Using dynamic programming and overlapping subproblems to address adjacency in large harvest scheduling problems
1998,
The adjacency problem for forest management scheduling is formulated as a dynamic...
Using expert judgment to model initial attack fire crew effectiveness
Using expert judgment to model initial attack fire crew effectiveness
1998,
An expert judgment elicitation methodology was developed and used to encode subjective...
Economic and fragmentation effects of clearcut restrictions
Economic and fragmentation effects of clearcut restrictions
1998,
Clearcut restrictions limiting individual clearcut size affect economic outputs and...
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