Economatic: A new tool that integrates financial analysis with forest management simulations

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 134-141

  Zobrist, Kevin W ^a   Comnick, Jeffrey M ^a   McCarter, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest economics; Forest modeling; Technology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMATIC; FOREST ECONOMICS; FOREST MODELING;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33746457827     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/21.3.134     Document Type: Review

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