Sequential Gaussian simulation vs. simulated annealing for locating pockets of high-value commercial trees in Pennsylvania

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 117-203

  King, Susan L ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest inventory; Geostatistics; Sequential Gaussian simulation; Simulated annealing; Spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034378081     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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