A hierarchical participatory methodology for tactical decision-making based on a decision-analytic model for balancing timber stock

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 567-580

  Palander, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Group decision making; Heuristics; Logistics; Multi objective method

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HIERARCHY; MODEL;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; WOOD;

HIERARCHICAL PARTICIPATORY METHOD; MULTI-OBJECTIVE METHOD; TIMBERS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0033376231     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827589908540822     Document Type: Article

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