Allowing for spatial consideration in long-term forest planning by linking linear programming with simulated annealing

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 161, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 221-230

  Öhman, Karin ^a   Eriksson, Ljusk Ola ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Forest planning; Linear programming; Optimization; Simulated annealing; Spatial considerations

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

LONG-TERM FOREST PLANNING;

FORESTRY;

ANNEALING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LINEAR PROGRAMING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037093663     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00487-X     Document Type: Article

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