Determining optimal road class and road deactivation strategies using dynamic programming

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1509-1518

  Anderson, Axel E ^a   Nelson, John D ^a   D'Eon, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORTATION;

DEACTIVATION DECISIONS; HAULING DISTANCE; ROAD CLASS DECISIONS; TRANSPORTATION COSTS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MAINTENANCE; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADS; TRANSPORT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; HARDWICKE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748547778     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-051     Document Type: Article

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