Timber harvesting as a part of the portfolio management: A multiperiod stochastic optimisation approach

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-142

  Heikkinen, Veli Pekka ^a  

^a Varma Sampo Mutual Pension Ins Co   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Stochastic optimisation; Timber harvesting

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCE; HARVESTING; INVESTMENTS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIMBER;

FINNISH FOREST; MULTIPERIOD STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION; PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT; TIMBER HARVESTING MODEL;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

COMPETITION; COST ANALYSIS; FINANCE; FORESTS; HARVESTING; INVENTORIES; INVESTMENT; LOGGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 0037281563     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.1.131.12752     Document Type: Article

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