A forest planning problem solved via a linear fractional goal programming model

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 227, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 79-88

  Gomez T ^a   Hernandez M ^a   Leon M A ^b   Caballero, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PINAR DEL RÍO   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Forest management; Fractional programming; Goal programming

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PLANNING;

CUBA; FRACTIONAL PROGRAMMING; GOAL PROGRAMMING;

FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; NATURAL DISASTER; PLANTATION FORESTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; PLANNING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 33646083918     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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