Optimizing thinning and rotation in a stand of Pinus sylvestris on a drained peatland site

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 182-192

  Miina, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Distance dependent models; Hooke and Jeeves method; Non linear programming; Scots pine; Stochastic optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001589838     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827589609382927     Document Type: Article

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