Secondary log breakdown optimization with dynamic programming

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 471-478

  Todoroki, C L ^a   Roennqvist E M ^b  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Edging; Forest products; Optimization; Sawing; Trimming

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOGGING (FORESTRY); LUMBER; OPTIMIZATION; SAWING; SAWMILLS; TRIMMING;

EDGING; FOREST PRODUCTS; SECONDARY LOG BREAKDOWN;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0031143254     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600377     Document Type: Article

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