The optimal timber rotation: An option value approach

Forest Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 192-202

  Plantinga, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Stochastic dynamic programming; Stochastic prices

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; HARVESTING; RANDOM PROCESSES; VALUE ENGINEERING;

OPTIMAL TIMBER ROTATION; OPTION VALUE APPROACH; PRICE POLICIES; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC PRICES;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0032073604     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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