Stochastic forest stand value and optimal timber harvesting

SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1972-1993

  Alvarez, Luis H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diffusions; Impulse control; Minimal r excessive mappings; Optimal rotation; Recursive optimal stopping

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

IMPULSE CONTROL; MINIMAL R-EXCESSIVE MAPPINGS; OPTIMAL ROTATION; RECURSIVE OPTIMAL STOPPING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 10244250464     PISSN: 03630129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0363012901393456     Document Type: Article

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