A comparison of dynamic programming and A* in optimal forest stand management

Forest Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 498-503

  Arthaud, Greg J ^a   Pelkki, Matthew H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

A asterisk; dynamic programming; forest economics; heuristic search; tree search

Indexed keywords

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0030470627     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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