Searching for an optimal rotation age for forest stand management under stochastic log prices

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 100-112

  Yoshimoto, Atsushi ^a   Shoji, Isao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Forest economics; Stochastic differential equation; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COSTS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ECONOMICS; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

STOCHASTIC LOG PRICES;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0032001773     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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