RoadOpt: A decision support system for road upgrading in forestry

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2006, Pages 5-15

  Karlsson, Jenny ^a   Rönnqvist, Mikael ^b,c   Frisk, Mikael ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^c THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Forestry; GIS; Mixed integer; Operations research; Road upgrading; Tactical planning; Wood flow

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; ROADS AND STREETS;

MIXED INTEGER; ROAD UPGRADING; TACTICAL PLANNING; WOOD FLOW;

FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; GIS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; ROADS;

EID: 33644622867     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14004080500487102     Document Type: Article

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